Bible Arch

Matthew

Chapter 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.

  • 2

    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

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

  • 4

    That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

  • 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

    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

    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

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

  • 9

    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

  • 10

    Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

  • 11

    Give us this day our daily bread.

  • 12

    And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

  • 13

    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

    For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

  • 15

    But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • 16

    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

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

  • 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.

  • 19

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

  • 20

    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

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

  • 22

    The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

  • 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, how great is that darkness!

  • 24

    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

    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

    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

    Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

  • 28

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

  • 29

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

  • 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?

  • 31

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

  • 32

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

  • 33

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

  • 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.