Matthew 6

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1. 1Be careful not to do your charitable giving in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2. 2So when you give to the needy, don't announce it with trumpets like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may have glory from people. Truly, I tell you, they have their reward.
3. 3Instead, when you give to the needy, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
4. 4Give your gifts in secret, and your Father who sees what's done in secret will reward you openly.
5. 5When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners to be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have their reward.
6. 6But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door. Pray to your Father in that private place, and your Father who sees what's done in secret will reward you openly.
7. 7When you pray, don't babble on and on with empty words the way the pagans do. They think God will hear them because of their many words.
8. 8Don't be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you even ask him.
9. 9So pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.'
10. 10May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth just as it is in heaven.
11. 11Give us today our daily bread.
12. 12Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13. 13Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
14. 14For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15. 15But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16. 16When you fast, don't look gloomy like the hypocrites. They disfigure their faces so that others will see they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have their reward.
17. 17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face;
18. 18so that no one will know you're fasting—only your Father, who sees what's done in secret. And your Father, who sees what's done in secret, will reward you openly.
19. 19"Don't store up treasures for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy them and thieves break in and steal them.
20. 20Instead, store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust can't destroy them and thieves can't break in and steal them.
21. 21Because wherever your treasure is, that's where your heart will be too.
22. 22The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
23. 23But if your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light inside you is actually darkness, how deep that darkness must be!
24. 24No one can serve two masters, because he will either hate one and love the other, or stay loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
25. 25"That's why I'm telling you: stop worrying about your life — what you'll eat or what you'll drink — or about your body — what you'll wear. Isn't life about more than food? Isn't the body about more than clothing?
26. 26Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant seeds, they don't harvest crops, and they don't store food in barns — yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth far more than they are?
27. 27Which of you can add one cubit to his height by worrying?
28. 28And why worry about clothing? Look at how the lilies of the field grow. They don't work or spin thread,
29. 29yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.
30. 30If God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31. 31"So stop worrying and saying, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?'
32. 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33. 33Instead, make the kingdom of God and his righteousness your first priority, and all these things will be provided for you as well.
34. 34So don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will have its own problems. Each day has enough trouble of its own."