Matthew 6Book 40 of 66 · 34 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
  2. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
  3. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
  4. that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
  5. And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
  6. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
  7. And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
  8. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
  9. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
  10. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
  11. Give us this day our daily bread.
  12. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
  13. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  14. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
  15. But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  16. Moreover, 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.
  17. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
  18. so that 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 openly.
  19. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
  20. but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
  21. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  22. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
  23. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
  24. No 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 both God and money.
  25. Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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?
  26. Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
  27. Which of you by worrying can add one moment to his life?
  28. So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
  29. and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
  30. Now 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?
  31. Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
  32. For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
  33. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  34. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.