[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.
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[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.
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[3] But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
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[4] That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[8] Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
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[9] After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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[10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
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[11] Give us this day our daily bread.
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[12] And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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[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.
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[14] For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
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[15] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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[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.
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[17] But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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[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.
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[19] ¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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[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:
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[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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[22] The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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[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!
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[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.
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[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?
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[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?
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[27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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[28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
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[29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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[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?
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[31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
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[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
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[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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[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.
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