Matthew
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1
Take 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.
2 Therefore
when thou doest thine alms, do not sound 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, They have their reward.
3 But
when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth:
4 That
thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself
shall reward thee openly.
5 And
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, They have
their reward.
6 But
thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut
thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But
when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8
Be
not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye
have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name.
10 Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give
us this day our daily bread.
12 And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For
if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you:
15 But
if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.
16 Moreover
when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they
disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say
unto you, They have their reward.
17 But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret:
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The
light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light.
23 But
if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that
darkness!
24 No
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. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore
I say unto you, Take 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?
26 Behold
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?
27 Which
of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And
why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And
yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
30 Wherefore,
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, O ye
of little faith?
31 Therefore
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:) for your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But
seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you.
34 Take
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.
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