Matthew 6:19–7:12

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

^19x“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ^ymoth and rust⁵ destroy and where thieves ^zbreak in and steal, ^20xbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

^22a“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, ^23abut if ^byour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

^24c“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^dmoney.⁶

Do Not Be Anxious

^25e“Therefore I tell you, ^fdo not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ^26gLook at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. ^hAre you not of more value than they? ²⁷And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his ⁱspan of life?^{7 28}And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, ²⁹yet I tell you, ^jeven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, ^kO you of little faith? ³¹Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³²For ^lthe Gentiles seek after all these things, and ^myour heavenly Father knows that you need them all. ³³But ⁿseek first ^othe kingdom of God and his righteousness, ^pand all these things will be added to you.

^34q“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Judging Others

7^r“Judge not, that you be not judged. ^2sFor with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and ^twith the measure you use it will be measured to you. ³Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but ^udo not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

^6v“Do not give ^wdogs what is holy, and do not throw your ^xpearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Ask, and It Will Be Given

^7y“Ask, ^zand it will be given to you; ^aseek, and you will find; ^bknock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ⁹Or which one of you, if his son asks him for ^cbread, will give him ^ca stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? ¹¹If you then, ^dwho are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will ^zyour Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Golden Rule

¹²“So ^ewhatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is ^fthe Law and the Prophets.