Matthew 6:1–18

Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.

²Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

³But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.

⁴That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

⁵And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

⁶But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

⁷And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

⁸Be not you therefore like to them for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

⁹Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

¹⁰Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

¹¹Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

¹³And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

¹⁴For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.

¹⁵But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

¹⁶And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

¹⁸That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.