Matthew 6:9–34

^9fPray then like this:

^g“Our Father in heaven,

^hhallowed be ⁱyour name.¹

^10jYour kingdom come,

^kyour will be done,²

^lon earth as it is in heaven.

^11mGive us ⁿthis day our daily bread,³

¹²and forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

¹³And ^olead us not into temptation,

but ^pdeliver us from ^qevil.⁴

^14rFor if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, ^15sbut if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting

¹⁶“And ^twhen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ^uTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷But when you fast, ^vanoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. ^wAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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.