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I assure you <i>and</i> most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when you give to the poor <i>and</i> do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy], <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you <i>and</i> most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Pray, then, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>in this way: <t><p class="indent1">‘Our Father, who is in heaven, <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Hallowed be Your name. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>‘<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>Your kingdom come, <t><p class="indent1">Your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>will be done <t><p class="indent1">On earth as it is in heaven. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>‘Give us this day our <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>daily bread. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>‘And forgive us our <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>debts, as we have forgiven our debtors [letting go of both the wrong and the resentment]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>‘And do not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>lead us into temptation, but deliver us from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>evil. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>[For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]’ <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For if you forgive <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses. <p class="hdg">Fasting, The True Treasure, Wealth (Mammon)</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you <i>and</i> most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>so that your fasting will not be noticed by people, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>for where your treasure is, there your heart [your wishes, your desires; that on which your life centers] will be also. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great <i>and</i> terrible is that darkness! <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“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 mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord]. <p class="hdg">The Cure for Anxiety</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried <i>or</i> anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And who of you by worrying can add one <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>hour to [the length of] his life? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And why are you worried about clothes? See how the lilies <i>and</i> wildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin [wool to make clothing], <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory <i>and</i> splendor dressed himself like one of these. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive <i>and</i> green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, <i>will He</i> not much more <i>clothe</i> you? You of little faith! <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore do not worry <i>or</i> be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), 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="/matthew/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But first <i>and</i> most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right--the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>righteousness before men</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> I.e. as a model or pattern.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> I.e. set apart, keep and treat as holy, revere.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> A plea for God’s kingdom to be inaugurated on earth.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Including what God wishes to be done by the individual believer--His commands and precepts.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> I.e. life’s essentials.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> I.e. sins, moral failures.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> I.e. lead us away from situations where we are vulnerable and have the opportunity to sin. God does not tempt man (see James 1:13) but does allow man to be tested.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>the evil one</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> This clause is not found in early mss.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Gr <i>anthropoi</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>cubit,</i> here probably applied metaphorically to a lifespan.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>