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Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">But when you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">so that your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees <i>what is done</i> in secret will reward you.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">“And 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 <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees <i>what is done</i> in secret will reward you.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">“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.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore, do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">“Pray, then, in this way:</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">‘Our Father who is in heaven,</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">Hallowed be Your name.</span> <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">Your kingdom come.</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">Your will be done,</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">On earth as it is in heaven.</span> <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">Give us this day <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>our daily bread.</span> <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span> <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the evil one. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span></span>[<span class="red">For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’</span>] <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">For if you forgive <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">But if you do not forgive <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.</span> <p class="hdg">Fasting</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites <i>do</i>, for they <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>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.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees <i>what is done</i> in secret will reward you.</span> <p class="hdg">Treasures in Heaven</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>clear, your whole body will be full of light.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">But if your eye is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“No one can <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>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 <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>serve God and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>wealth.</span> <p class="hdg">Do Not Worry</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">“For this reason I say to you, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>do not be worried about your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life, <i>as to</i> what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, <i>as to</i> what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">Look at the birds of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and <i>yet</i> your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">And who of you by being worried can add a single <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>cubit to his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life span?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is <i>alive</i> today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, <i>will He</i> not much more <i>clothe</i> you? You of little faith!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">But <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>seek first <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>added to you.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Each day has enough trouble of its own.</span><A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>give alms</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>give alms</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>alms</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>to be apparent to men</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>our bread for tomorrow</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>evil</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Early mss omit bracketed portion<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Gr <i>anthropoi</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Gr <i>anthropoi</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Discolor their faces with makeup; lit <i>distort their faces</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>healthy</i>, <i>sincere</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>evil</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>be a slave to</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>be a slave to</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Gr <i>mamonas</i>, from Aram <i>mamon</i> (mammon); wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship<br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Or <i>stop being worried</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>heaven</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm<br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i>height</i><br><span class="fnverse">33</span> Or <i>continually seek</i><br><span class="fnverse">33</span> Or <i>the kingdom</i><br><span class="fnverse">33</span> Or <i>provided</i><br><span class="fnverse">34</span> Lit <i>Sufficient for the day is its evils</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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