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If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. <A name="3"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">The Lord’s Prayer<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/11.htm">Luke 11:1–4</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. <A name="8"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. <A name="10"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So then, this is how you should pray: <p class="indent1stlinered">‘Our Father in heaven, <p class="indentred2"> hallowed be Your name. <A name="11"></a><p class="indentred1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your kingdom come, <p class="indentred2"> Your will be done, <p class="indentred2"> on earth as it is in heaven. <A name="12"></a><p class="indentred1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Give us this day our daily bread. <A name="13"></a><p class="indentred1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And forgive us our debts, <p class="indentred2"> as we also have forgiven our debtors. <A name="14"></a><p class="indentred1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And lead us not into temptation, <p class="indentred2"> but deliver us from the evil one.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span>’ <A name="15"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Proper Fasting<p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Treasures in Heaven<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/12.htm#32">Luke 12:32–34</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Lamp of the Body<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/11.htm#33">Luke 11:33–36</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> your whole body will be full of light. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if your eyes are bad,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! <A name="25"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>No one can serve two masters: 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 both God and money. <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Worry<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/12.htm#22">Luke 12:22–31</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="29"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <A name="32"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But seek first the kingdom of God<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. <p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> BYZ and TR <i>charitable acts</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>alms</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>from evil</i><span class="thin"> </span>; BYZ and TR include <i>For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>worm</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 20<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>If your eye is sound</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../proverbs/22.htm#9">Proverbs 22:9</a><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Literally <i>if your eye is evil</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../proverbs/23.htm#6">Proverbs 23:6</a> and <a href="../proverbs/28.htm#22">Proverbs 28:22</a><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>a single cubit to his height</i><span class="thin"> </span>; a cubit was approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters.<br><span class="fnverse">33</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> SBL, WH, and NE <i>seek first His kingdom</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see also <a href="../luke/12.htm#31">Luke 12:31</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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