[1] "Be careful that you don`t do your charitable giving before men, to be
seen by them, or else you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
[2] Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don`t sound a trumpet before you,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may
get glory from men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their
reward. [3] But when you do merciful deeds, don`t let your left hand know
what your right hand does, [4] so that your merciful deeds may be in
secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. [5]
"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand
and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may
be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their
reward. [6] But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and
having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your
Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. [7] In praying, don`t use
vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be
heard for their much speaking. [8] Therefore don`t be like them, for your
Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. [9] Pray like this.
`Our Father, who is in heaven, may your name be kept holy. [10] May your
kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. [11] Give
us this day our daily bread. [12] Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive
our debtors. [13] Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever. Amen.` [14] For
if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. [15] But if you don`t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses. [16] "Moreover when you fast, don`t be, as
the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they
may be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have
received their reward. [17] But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and
wash your face; [18] that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by
your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will
reward you. [19] "Don`t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where
moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; [20] but
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
consume, and where thieves don`t break through and steal; [21] for where
your treasure is, your heart will be there also. [22] The lamp of the body
is the eye: if therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of
light. [23] But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of
darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is
the darkness! [24] "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate
the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the
other. You can`t serve both God and Mammon. [25] Therefore, I tell you,
don`t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink;
nor yet for your body, what you will put on. Isn`t life more than food, and
the body more than clothing? [26] See the birds of the sky, that they don`t
sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father
feeds them. Aren`t you of much more value than they? [27] Which of you, by
being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? [28] Why are
you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow. They don`t toil, neither do they spin, [29] yet I tell you that even
Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. [30] But if God
so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast
into the oven, won`t he much more clothe you, you of little faith? [31]
Therefore don`t be anxious, saying, `What will we eat?`, `What will we
drink?` or, `With what will we be clothed?` [32] For the Gentiles seek
after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all
these things. [33] But seek first God`s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and
all these things will be added to you. [34] Therefore don`t be anxious for
tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day`s own evil is
sufficient.
