Matthew - Chapter 6

Take heed in your alms giving so as not to perform it before the sons of men, so that you may be seen of them; for otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do your alms giving you should not sound a trumpet before you, like the hypocrites do in the assemblies and in the market places, so that the B'nai Adam may praise them. Truly I say to you, that they have received their reward. 3 But you, when doing alms giving, you should not expose your left hand as to what your right hand is doing; 4 so that your alms giving may be in secret and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.

5 "And whenever you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, that love to stand in the assemblies and on the corners of the marketplaces to pray, that they may be seen by the sons of men. Truly, I say to you, that they have received their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your private room, and close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7 And when you pray, you should not be overly talkative, like the pagans; for they hope that by [the use of] a lot of words they will be heard. 8 Therefore do not be imitating them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9 Therefore, you should pray like this:

'Our Father in heaven, may your name be sanctified. 10 Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 11 Give us the bread of our need this day.* 12 Forgive us our offences, as we have forgiven those who have offended us. 13 And do not permit us to be brought into trial, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.*'

14 "For if you forgive men their wrongdoing, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their wrongdoing, neither will your Father forgive your wrongdoing.

16 "Furthermore when you fast, you should not be sad like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their appearance, so that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly I say to you, that they have received their reward. 17 But you, whenever you fast, wash your face and anoint your head; 18 so that you should not be seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

19 "You should not store for yourselves treasure on the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and they steal; 20 but store for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy, and where thieves can not break in and steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there also is your heart.

22 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is pure, your entire body is full of light. 23 But if your eye is evil, your entire body is darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is dark, how immense is your darkness! 24 "No man is able to serve two masters, for he will either hate one and he will love the other; or he will honour one and he will treat the other with disrepute. You are not able to serve both God and money. 25 I say this because you should not become anxious about your life: what you will eat and what you will drink; and not about your body, what you will wear. Is not your soul more important than food, and the body than clothing? 26 Behold the birds in the sky, that they do not sow, and they do not reap, and they do not gather into storehouses. And your Father who is in heaven feeds them. Are you not more important than they?

27 "Who among you, while anxious, is able to add one thing to his importance*? 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the wild, how they grow without hard work and spinning, 29 but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 30 But if God clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

31 "Therefore do not be anxious, or say, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or, 'What will we wear?' 32 For all these things the peoples of the world require and your Father who is in heaven also knows that you require all of these things. 33 But seek first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things will be added to you. 34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for each day is its evil."