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If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So whenever you give to the poor, don’t blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:2 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">a</a></span> with certainty, they have their full reward! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:4 Other mss. read reward you openly">b</a></span> </span></p> <p class="heading">Teaching about Prayer</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/11.htm">Luke 11:2-4</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">“And whenever you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:5 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">c</a></span> with certainty, they have their full reward! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:6 Other mss. read reward you openly">d</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">“When you are praying, don’t say meaningless things<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:7 Or words">e</a></span> like the unbelievers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:7 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews">f</a></span> do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Don’t be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore, this is how you should pray:</span></p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="red">‘Our Father in heaven,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">may your name be kept holy.</span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">May your kingdom come.</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">May your will be done,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">on earth as it is in heaven.</span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">Give us today our daily bread,</span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">and forgive us our sins,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:12 Or debts">g</a></span> </span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:12 Or forgiven our debtors">h</a></span> </span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">And never bring us into temptation,</span></p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot"><span class="red">but deliver us from the evil one.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:13 Other mss. read evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.">i</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">Because if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if you do not forgive people their offenses,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 6:15 Other mss. lack their offenses">j</a></span> your Father will not forgive your offenses.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Teaching about Fasting</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">“Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:16 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">k</a></span> with certainty, they have their full reward! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But when you fast, put oil on<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:17 Or anoint">l</a></span> your head and wash your face, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:18 Other mss. read reward you openly">m</a></span> </span></p> <p class="heading">Teaching about Treasures</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/12.htm">Luke 12:33-34</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Lamp of the Body</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/11.htm">Luke 11:34-36</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">“The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!”</span></p> <p class="heading">God and Riches</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/16.htm">Luke 16:13</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:24 Lit. mammon; i.e. wealth">n</a></span> </span></p> <p class="heading">Stop Worrying</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/12.htm">Luke 12:22-34</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">“That’s why I’m telling you to stop worrying about your life—what you will eat or what you will drink<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:25 Other mss. lack or what you will drink">o</a></span> —or about your body—what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn’t it, and the body more than clothing? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren’t you? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Can any of you add a single hour to the length of your life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:27 Or add one cubit to your height">p</a></span> by worrying? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don’t work or spin yarn, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>but I tell you that not even Solomon in all of his splendor was clothed like one of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Now if that is the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won’t he clothe you much better—you who have little faith?</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">“So don’t ever worry by saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>because it is the unbelievers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:32 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews">q</a></span> who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But first be concerned about God’s kingdom and his righteousness,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:33 Other mss. read his kingdom and righteousness">r</a></span> and all of these things will be provided for you as well. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 6:2 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 6:4 Other mss. read <i>reward you openly</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 6:5 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 6:6 Other mss. read <i>reward you openly</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 6:7 Or <i>words</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 6:7 Lit. <i>gentiles </i>; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 6:12 Or <i>debts</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 6:12 Or <i>forgiven our debtors</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 6:13 Other mss. read <i>evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 6:15 Other mss. lack <i>their offenses</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 6:16 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 6:17 Or <i>anoint</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 6:18 Other mss. read <i>reward you openly</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 6:24 Lit. <i>mammon</i>; i.e. <i>wealth</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 6:25 Other mss. lack <i>or what you will drink</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 6:27 Or <i>add one cubit to your height</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 6:32 Lit. <i>gentiles </i>; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews<br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 6:33 Other mss. read <i>his kingdom and righteousness</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/matthew/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>