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geneva@Matthew:6:1 @ Take heed that ye do not your (note:)Ambition makes alms vain.(:note) alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no This word «reward» is always taken in the scriptures for a free recompense, and therefore the schoolmen fondly set it to be answerable to a deserving, which they call «merit». reward of your Father which is in heaven.

geneva@Matthew:6:2 @ Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the (note:)Counterfeits, for hypocrites were players that played a part in a play.(:note) hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

geneva@Matthew:6:3 @ But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,

geneva@Matthew:6:4 @ That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly.

geneva@Matthew:6:5 @

geneva@Matthew:6:6 @ But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.

geneva@Matthew:6:7 @ But when ye pray, use not (note:)Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and superstitious ones.(:note) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

geneva@Matthew:6:8 @ Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.

geneva@Matthew:6:9 @

geneva@Matthew:6:10 @ Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.

geneva@Matthew:6:11 @ Give us this day our (note:)That which is suitable for our nature for our daily food, or such as may suffice our nature and complexion.(:note) daily bread.

geneva@Matthew:6:12 @ And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.

geneva@Matthew:6:13 @ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from (note:)From the devil, or from all adversity.(:note) evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

geneva@Matthew:6:14 @

geneva@Matthew:6:15 @ But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.

geneva@Matthew:6:16 @

geneva@Matthew:6:17 @ But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,

geneva@Matthew:6:18 @ That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.

geneva@Matthew:6:19 @

geneva@Matthew:6:20 @ But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, & where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.

geneva@Matthew:6:21 @ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

geneva@Matthew:6:22 @

geneva@Matthew:6:23 @ But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?

geneva@Matthew:6:24 @

geneva@Matthew:6:25 @

geneva@Matthew:6:26 @ Behold the fowls of the (note:)Of the air, or that line in the air: in almost all languages the word «heaven» is taken for the air.(:note) air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

geneva@Matthew:6:27 @ Which of you by (note:)He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the most part distrust yoked with it.(:note) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

geneva@Matthew:6:28 @ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they (note:)By labour.(:note) toil not, neither do they spin:

geneva@Matthew:6:29 @ Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.

geneva@Matthew:6:30 @ Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith?

geneva@Matthew:6:31 @ Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?

geneva@Matthew:6:32 @ (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

geneva@Matthew:6:33 @ But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.

geneva@Matthew:6:34 @ Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe.

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