RKJNT - Matthew - 6

6:1  Take heed that you do not practice your righteousness before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

6:2  Therefore, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have praise from men. Truly I say to you, They have received their reward.

6:3  But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing:

6:4  That your alms may be in secret: and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

6:5  And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have received their reward.

6:6  But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

6:7  But when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their many words.

6:8  Therefore, do not be like them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him.

6:9  Therefore, pray in this manner: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name.

6:10  Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

6:11  Give us this day our daily bread.

6:12  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

6:13  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

6:14  For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

6:15  But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

6:16  Moreover, when you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly I say to you, They have received their reward.

6:17  But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

6:18  That you may not be seen fasting by men, but by your Father who is in secret: and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.

6:19  Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal:

6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal:

6:21  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

6:22  The light of the body is the eye: therefore, if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.

6:23  But if your eye is bad, your whole body shall be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

6:24  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. You cannot serve God and mammon.

6:25  Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

6:26  Behold the birds of the air: they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

6:27  Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to the span of his life?

6:28  And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil, nor do they spin:

6:29  And yet I say to you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

6:30  Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith?

6:31  Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

6:32  After all these things the Gentiles seek: but your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

6:33  But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

6:34  Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow shall be anxious for itself. Sufficient for each day are the troubles of its own.