RWebster - Matthew - 6

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

6:2  Therefore when thou doest thy alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.

6:3  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

6:4  That thy alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

6:5  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 by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.

6:6  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

6:7  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

6:8  Therefore, be ye not like them: for your Father knoweth what things ye need, before ye ask him.

6:9  After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy 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 forgive our debtors.

6:13  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.

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

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

6:16  Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.

6:17  But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

6:18  That thou mayest not appear to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

6:19  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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

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

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

6:23  But if thy eye is bad, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee 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. Ye cannot serve God and riches.

6:25  Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious 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 food, and the body than raiment?

6:26  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?

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

6:28  And why are ye anxious for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither 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 clotheth 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?

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

6:32  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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

6:34  Therefore be not anxious for to morrow: for to morrow will be anxious for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.