1Take
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 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.
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 shall 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, They have their
reward.
6But
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.
7But
when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the
heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their
much speaking.
8Be
not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask
him.
9After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art
in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it
is in heaven.
11Give
us this day our daily bread.
12And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, for ever. Amen.
14For
if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you:
15But
if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses.
16Moreover
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.
17But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint 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, shall reward thee openly.
19Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal:
20But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also.
22The
light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye
be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23But
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!
24No
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.
25Therefore
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?
26Behold
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 one 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 Solomon 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,
O 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:) for
your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of
all these things.
33But
seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you.
34Take
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.