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Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.</p> <a name="5" id="5"></a><p class="hdg">The Lord's Prayer<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/11.htm">Luke 11:1-4</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Give us this day our daily bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</p> <p class="hdg">Proper Fasting</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.</p> <a name="19" id="19"></a><p class="hdg">Treasures in Heaven<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/13.htm#44">Matthew 13:44-46</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.</p> <a name="22" id="22"></a><p class="hdg">The Lamp of the Body<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/11.htm#33">Luke 11:33-36</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</p> <a name="25" id="25"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Worry<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/12.htm#22">Luke 12:22-34</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. 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