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Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27559a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Concerning Prayer</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>“And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27561b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>“When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>“Pray then in this way:</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">Our Father in heaven,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">hallowed be your name.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>Your kingdom come.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Your will be done,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-2"><span class="indent-2-breaks"> </span><span class="text">on earth as it is in heaven.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>Give us this day our daily bread.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27566c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>And forgive us our debts,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-2"><span class="indent-2-breaks"> </span><span class="text">as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>And do not bring us to the time of trial,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27568d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="indent-2"><span class="indent-2-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but rescue us from the evil one.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27568e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Concerning Fasting</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>“And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27573f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span></span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Concerning Treasures</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27574g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> consume and where thieves break in and steal; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27575h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>]</span> consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Sound Eye</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Serving Two Masters</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>“No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27579i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>]</span></span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Do Not Worry</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27580j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>]</span> or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27582k" title="See footnote k">k</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote k">k</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>But strive first for the kingdom of God<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27588l" title="See footnote l">l</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote l">l</a>]</span> and his<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27588m" title="See footnote m">m</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote m">m</a>]</span> righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:4">Matthew 6:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities add <i>openly</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:6">Matthew 6:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities add <i>openly</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:11">Matthew 6:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>our bread for tomorrow</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:13">Matthew 6:13</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>us into temptation</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:13">Matthew 6:13</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>from evil.</i> Other ancient authorities add, in some form, <i>For the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours forever. Amen.</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:18">Matthew 6:18</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities add <i>openly</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:19">Matthew 6:19</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>eating</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:20">Matthew 6:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>eating</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:24">Matthew 6:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>mammon</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:25">Matthew 6:25</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities lack <i>or what you will drink</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:27">Matthew 6:27</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>add one cubit to your height</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:33">Matthew 6:33</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities lack <i>of God</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 6:33">Matthew 6:33</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>its</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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