Read Matthew 6

World English Bible · 34 verses

1. ¹ “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ “When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Give us today our daily bread.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. ²⁷ “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. ²⁸ Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
29. ²⁹ yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
30. ³⁰ But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
31. ³¹ “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
32. ³² For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
33. ³³ But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
34. ³⁴ Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org