“1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2
Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that
they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their
reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father
which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”
“5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]:
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of
the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But
when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye
therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him.”
“9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in
earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye
forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.”
“16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto
men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou,
when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou
appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and
thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”
“19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the
body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall
be full of light. 23 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] that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
“25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment? 26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one
cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God 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? 31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these
things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil
thereof.” (Matthew 6:1-34 AV)
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