Matthew 6

6Take heed that ye do not your ^||alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward ^||of your Father which is in heaven. ²Therefore when thou doest thine alms, ^||do not ^asound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, ^bThey ^chave their reward. ³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself ^dshall reward thee openly.

⁵And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, ^bThey have their reward. ⁶But thou, when thou prayest, ^eenter into thy ^fcloset, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret ^dshall reward thee openly. ⁷But when ye pray, ^guse not vain repetitions, as ^ggthe heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard ^hfor their much speaking. ⁸Be not ye therefore like unto them: ⁱfor your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹After this manner therefore pray ye:

^kOur Father which art in heaven, ^lHallowed be thy name. ^10mThy kingdom come. ⁿThy will be done in earth, ^oas it is in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our ^pdaily bread. ¹²And forgive us our ^qdebts, as we forgive our debtors. ^13rAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us ^sfrom evil: ^tFor thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

^14uFor if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: ^15wBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

¹⁶Moreover ^xwhen ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, ^yof a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, ^bThey have their reward. ¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, ^zanoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, ^dshall reward thee openly.

^19aLay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where ^bmoth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves ^cbreak through and steal: ^20dBut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither ^bmoth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not ^cbreak through nor steal: ²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ^22eThe light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be ^fsingle, thy whole body shall be full of light. ²³But if thine eye be ^fevil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore ^gthe light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

^24hNo man 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. ⁱYe cannot serve God and ^kmammon. ^25lTherefore I say unto you, ^mTake no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ⁿBehold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? ²⁷Which of you by taking thought can add ^oone cubit unto his stature? ²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even ^pSolomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, ^qO ye of little faith? ³¹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ³²(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) ^rfor your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; ^sand all these things shall be added unto you. ^34mTake therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.