Matthew 6

¹Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them , for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven .

²Thus , when you give to the needy , sound no trumpet before you , as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets , that they may be praised by others . Truly , I say to you , they have received their reward .

³But when you give to the needy , do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing ,

⁴so that your giving may be in secret . And your Father who sees in secret will reward you .

⁵And when you pray , you must not be like the hypocrites . For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners , that they may be seen by others . Truly , I say to you , they have received their reward .

⁶But when you pray , go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret . And your Father who sees in secret will reward you .

⁷And when you pray , do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words .

⁸Do not be like them , for your Father knows what you need before you ask him .

⁹Pray then like this : Our Father in heaven , hallowed be your name .

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

¹¹Give us this day our daily bread ,

¹²and forgive us our debts , as we also have forgiven our debtors .

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

¹⁴For if you forgive others their trespasses , your heavenly Father will also forgive you ,

¹⁵but if you do not forgive others their trespasses , neither will your Father forgive your trespasses .

¹⁶And when you fast , do not look gloomy like the hypocrites , for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others . Truly , I say to you , they have received their reward .

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

¹⁸that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret . And your Father who sees in secret will reward you .

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

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

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

²²The eye is the lamp of the body . So , if your eye is healthy , your whole body will be full of light ,

²³but if your eye is bad , your whole body will be full of darkness . If then the light in you is darkness , how great is the darkness !

²⁴No one can serve two masters , for either he will hate the one and love the other , or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other . You cannot serve God and money .

²⁵Therefore I tell you , do not be anxious about your life , what you will eat or what you will drink , nor about your body , what you will put on . Is not life more than food , and the body more than clothing ?

²⁶Look at the birds of the air : they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns , and yet your heavenly Father feeds them . Are you not of more value than they ?

²⁷And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life ?

²⁸And why are you anxious about clothing ? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow : they neither toil nor spin ,

²⁹yet I tell you , even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these .

³⁰But if God so clothes the grass of the field , which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven , will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith ?

³¹Therefore do not be anxious , saying , What shall we eat ? or What shall we drink ? or What shall we wear ?

³²For the Gentiles seek after all these things , and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all .

³³But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness , and all these things will be added to you .

³⁴Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow , for tomorrow will be anxious for itself . Sufficient for the day is its own trouble .