Matthew:6

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* Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men , to be seen by them . Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven . * Therefore when you do [your ] merciful deeds , do not sound a trumpet before you , as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets , so that they may have glory from men . Truly I say to you , They have their reward . * But when you do merciful deeds , do not let your left hand know what your right hand does , * so that your merciful deeds may be in secret . And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly . * And when you pray , you shall not be like the hypocrites . For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets , so that they may be seen by men . Truly I say to you , They have their reward . * But you , when you pray , enter into your room . And shutting your door , pray to your Father in secret ; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly . * But when you pray , do not babble vain words , as the nations . For they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard . * Therefore do not be like them , for your Father knows what things you have need of , before you ask Him . * Therefore pray in this way : Our Father , who is in Heaven , Hallowed be Your name . * Your kingdom come , Your will be done , on earth as [it is ] in Heaven . * Give us this day our daily bread ; * and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors . * And lead us not into temptation , but deliver us from the evil . For Yours is the kingdom , and the power , and the glory , forever . Amen . * For if you forgive men their trespasses , your heavenly Father will also forgive you ; * but if you do not forgive men their trespasses , neither will your Father forgive your trespasses . * And when you fast , do not be like the hypocrites , of a sad face . For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast . Truly I say to you , they have their reward . * But you , when you fast , anoint your head and wash your face , * so that you do not appear to men to fast , but to your Father in secret . And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly . * Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves , where moth and rust corrupt , and where thieves break through and steal . * But lay up treasures in Heaven for yourselves , where neither moth nor rust corrupt , and where thieves do not break through nor steal . * For where your treasure is , there will your heart be also . * The light of the body is the eye . Therefore if your eye is sound , your whole body shall be full of light . * But if your eye is evil , your whole body shall be full of darkness . If therefore the light [that is ] in you is darkness , how great [is ] that darkness ! * No one can serve two masters . For either he will hate the one and love the other , or else he will hold to the one and despise the other . You cannot serve God and mammon . * Therefore I say to you , Do not be anxious for your life , what you shall eat , or what you shall drink ; nor for your body , what you shall put on . Is not life more than food , and the body more than clothing ? * Behold the birds of the air ; for they sow not , nor do they reap , nor gather into barns . Yet your heavenly Father feeds them ; are you not much better than they are ? * Which of you [by ] being anxious can add one cubit to his stature ? * And why are you anxious about clothing ? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow . They do not toil , nor do they spin , * but I say to you that even Solomon in his glory was not arrayed like one of these . * Therefore if God so clothes the grass of the field , which today is , and tomorrow is thrown into the oven , [will He ] not much rather [clothe ] you , little-faiths ? * Therefore do not be anxious , saying , What shall we eat ? or , What shall we drink ? or , With what shall we be clothed ? * For the nations seek after all these things . For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things . * But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness ; and all these things shall be added to you . * Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow ; for tomorrow shall be anxious for its own things . Sufficient to the day [is ] the evil of it .

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