Matthew Chapter 6
6:1 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.



6:2 Therefore ^aa 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.



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



6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which 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 of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.



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



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



6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your ^af Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.



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



6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as ^ai it is in heaven.



6:11 Give us this day our ^aj daily bread.



6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.



6:13 And lead us not into ^ak temptation, but deliver ^al us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



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



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



6:16 ¶ Moreover ^ao 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.



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



6:18 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.



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



6:20 But ^aq 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 ^ar light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.


6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, ^as how great is that darkness!



6:24 ¶ No ^at 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. ^au Ye cannot serve God and mammon.



6:25 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?



6:26 Behold ^av 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 taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?



6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:



6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.



6:30 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?



6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?



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



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



6:34 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.



aa   Romans 12:8  
ab   2 Kings 4:33  
ac   Jeremiah 17:10  
ad   Ecclesiasticus 5:2  
ae   1 Kings 18:26  
af   Psalms 139:2  
ag   Deuteronomy32:6   ch 23:9   Luke 11:2   Romans 8:15,16   1 Corinthians 8:6   Hebrews 12:9  
ah   Isaiah 6:3  
ai   Psalms 103:20  
aj   Job 23:12   Proverbs 30:8  
ak   ch 26:41   Luke 22:20  &  :46   1 Corinthians10:13   James 1:13   Peter 2:9   Revelation 3:10  
al   John 17:15  
am   Mark 11:25   Ephesians 4:32   Colossians 3:13  
an   ch 18:35   James 2:13  
ao   Isaiah 58:5  
ap   Proverbs 23:4   1 Timothy 6:17   Hebrews 13:5   James 5:1  
aq   ch 19:21   Luke 12:33,34   1 Timothy 6:19   1 Peter 1:4  
ar   Luke 11:34  
as   Romans 1:21   2 Corinthians 4:4  
at   Luke 16:13  
au   Galatians 1:10   1 Timothy 6:17   James 4:4   1 John 2:15  
av   Job 38:41   Psalms 147:9  
aw   Psalms 23:1   Philippians 4:19  
ax   1 Kings 3:13   Psalms 34:9  &  37:25   Mark 10:30   Luke 12:31   Romans 8:32   1 Timothy 4:8