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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 6 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Matthew 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/5.htm" title="Matthew 5">◄</a> Matthew 6 <a href="../matthew/7.htm" title="Matthew 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/matthew/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Giving to the Needy</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="woc">But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="woc">so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</span></p> <p class="heading">The Lord’s Prayer</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="woc">“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="woc">But when 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></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="woc">“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="woc">Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="woc">Pray then like this:</span></p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group"><span class="woc">“Our Father in heaven,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">hallowed be your name.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence">a</a></sup></span></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group"><span class="woc">Your kingdom come,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your will be done,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">on earth as it is in heaven.</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group"><span class="woc">Give us this day our daily bread,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or our bread for tomorrow">c</a></sup></span></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group"><span class="woc">and forgive us our debts,</span><br /><span class="indent">as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group"><span class="woc">And lead us not into temptation,</span><br /><span class="indent">but deliver us from evil.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen">d</a></sup></span></span></span></p> <p class="same-paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="woc">For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="woc">but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</span></p> <p class="heading">Fasting</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="woc">“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="woc">But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woc">that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</span></p> <p class="heading">Lay Up Treasures in Heaven</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or worm; also verse 20">e</a></sup></span> destroy and where thieves break in and steal,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="woc">but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="woc">For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="woc">“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="woc">but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="woc">“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions">f</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="heading">Do Not Be Anxious</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woc">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 class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woc">And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters">g</a></sup></span></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="woc">And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="woc">yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="woc">But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="woc">Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="woc">For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="woc">But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="woc">“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>Let your name be kept holy</i>, or <i>Let your name be treated with reverence</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>Let your kingdom come, let your will be done</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">our</span> bread for tomorrow</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>the evil one</i>; some manuscripts add <i>For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>worm</i>; also verse 20<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Greek <i language="Greek">mammon</i>, a Semitic word for money or possessions<br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">a single</span> cubit to his stature</i>; a <i>cubit</i> was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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