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Matt 6:1

& "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Matt 6:2

& "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Matt 6:3

& ~"But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Matt 6:4

& so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees {what is done} in secret will reward you.

Matt 6:5

& "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Matt 6:6

& ~"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees {what is done} in secret will reward you.

Matt 6:7

& "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

Matt 6:8

& ~"So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Matt 6:9

& "Pray, then, in this way: `Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Matt 6:10

& `Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

Matt 6:11

& `Give us this day our daily bread.

Matt 6:12

& `And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matt 6:13

& `And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.']

Matt 6:14

& ~"For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matt 6:15

& ~"But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Matt 6:16

& "Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites {do,} for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Matt 6:17

& ~"But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face

Matt 6:18

& so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees {what is done} in secret will reward you.

Matt 6:19

& "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matt 6:20

& ~"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

Matt 6:21

& for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matt 6:22

& "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

Matt 6:23

& ~"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matt 6:24

& "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (Gr {mamonas,} for Aram {mamon} (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship) wealth.

Matt 6:25

& "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, {as to} what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, {as to} what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Matt 6:26

& ~"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and {yet} your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

Matt 6:27

& ~"And who of you by being worried can add a {single} hour to his life?

Matt 6:28

& ~"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

Matt 6:29

& yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Matt 6:30

& ~"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is {alive} today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, {will He} not much more {clothe} you? You of little faith!

Matt 6:31

& ~"Do not worry then, saying, `What will we eat?' or `What will we drink?' or `What will we wear for clothing?'

Matt 6:32

& ~"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.