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Chapter 6
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1
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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
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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
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth: |
4
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That thine alms may be in secret: and thy
Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. |
5
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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
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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
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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
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for
your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask
him. |
9
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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. |
10
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Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven. |
11
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Give us this day our daily bread. |
12
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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive
our debtors. |
13
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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
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For if ye forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you: |
15
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But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
16
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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
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine
head, and wash thy face; |
18
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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
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal: |
20
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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
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For where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also. |
22
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The light of the body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. |
23
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Which of you by taking thought can add
one cubit unto his stature? |
28
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And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither
do they spin: |
29
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And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. |
30
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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
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Therefore take no thought, saying, What
shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall
we be clothed? |
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(For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of
all these things. |
33
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. |
34
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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. |