6Matthew 6

1"But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward for you with your Father who is in Heaven.Select Matthew 6:1

2`When you give in charity, never blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets in order that their praises may be sung by men. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.Select Matthew 6:2

3But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand perceive what your right hand is doing,Select Matthew 6:3

4that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.Select Matthew 6:4

5"And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.Select Matthew 6:5

6But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.Select Matthew 6:6

7"And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words.Select Matthew 6:7

8Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things you need before ever you ask Him.Select Matthew 6:8

9"In this manner therefore pray: `Our Father who art in Heaven, may Thy name be kept holy;Select Matthew 6:9

10let Thy kingdom come; let Thy will be done, as in Heaven so on earth;Select Matthew 6:10

11give us to-day our bread for the day;Select Matthew 6:11

12and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;Select Matthew 6:12

13and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.'Select Matthew 6:13

14"For if you forgive others their offences, your Heavenly Father will forgive you also;Select Matthew 6:14

15but if you do not forgive others their offences, neither will your Father forgive yours.Select Matthew 6:15

16"When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.Select Matthew 6:16

17But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face,Select Matthew 6:17

18that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.Select Matthew 6:18

19"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.Select Matthew 6:19

20But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.Select Matthew 6:20

21For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be.Select Matthew 6:21

22"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;Select Matthew 6:22

23but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!Select Matthew 6:23

24"No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold.Select Matthew 6:24

25For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?Select Matthew 6:25

26Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?Select Matthew 6:26

27Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?Select Matthew 6:27

28And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,Select Matthew 6:28

29and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence could array himself like one of these.Select Matthew 6:29

30And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?Select Matthew 6:30

31Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?'Select Matthew 6:31

32For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them.Select Matthew 6:32

33But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition.Select Matthew 6:33

34Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day are its own troubles.Select Matthew 6:34