Matthew:6

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* Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them , otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens . * When therefore thou doest alms , sound not a trumpet before thee , as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets , so that they may have glory from men . Verily I say unto you , They have their reward . * But thou , when thou doest alms , let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does ; * so that thine alms may be in secret , and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it ] to thee . * And when thou prayest , thou shalt not be as the hypocrites ; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men . Verily I say unto you , They have their reward . * But thou , when thou prayest , enter into thy chamber , and having shut thy door , pray to thy Father who is in secret , and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it ] to thee . * But when ye pray , use not vain repetitions , as those who are of the nations : for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking . * Be not ye therefore like them , for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything ] of him . * Thus therefore pray ye : Our Father who art in the heavens , let thy name be sanctified , * let thy kingdom come , let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth ; * give us to-day our needed bread , * and forgive us our debts , as we also forgive our debtors , * and lead us not into temptation , but save us from evil . * For if ye forgive men their offences , your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours ], * but if ye do not forgive men their offences , neither will your Father forgive your offences . * And when ye fast , be not as the hypocrites , downcast in countenance ; for they disfigure their faces , so that they may appear fasting to men : verily I say unto you , They have their reward . * But thou , [when ] fasting , anoint thy head and wash thy face , * so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men , but to thy Father who is in secret ; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render [it ] to thee . * Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth , where moth and rust spoils , and where thieves dig through and steal ; * but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven , where neither moth nor rust spoils , and where thieves do not dig through nor steal ; * for where thy treasure is , there will be also thy heart . * The lamp of the body is the eye ; if therefore thine eye be single , thy whole body will be light : * but if thine eye be wicked , thy whole body will be dark . If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness , how great the darkness ! * No one can serve two masters ; for either he will hate the one and will love the other , or he will hold to the one and despise the other . Ye cannot serve God and mammon . * For this cause I say unto you , Do not be careful about your life , what ye should eat and what ye should drink ; nor for your body what ye should put on . Is not the life more than food , and the body than raiment ? * Look at the birds of the heaven , that they sow not , nor reap , nor gather into granaries , and your heavenly Father nourishes them . Are ye not much more excellent than they ? * But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit ? * And why are ye careful about clothing ? Observe with attention the lilies of the field , how they grow : they toil not , neither do they spin ; * but I say unto you , that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these . * But if God so clothe the herbage of the field , which is to-day , and to-morrow is cast into [the ] oven , will he not much rather you , O [ye ] of little faith ? * Be not therefore careful , saying , What shall we eat ? or What shall we drink ? or What shall we put on ? * for all these things the nations seek after ; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things . * But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness , and all these things shall be added unto you . * Be not careful therefore for the morrow , for the morrow shall be careful about itself . Sufficient to the day [is ] its own evil .

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