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[1]Takeheed that ye give not your alms before men, to be seen of them, or else ye shall have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
[2]Thereforewhen thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the Synagoguesand in the streets, to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
[3]Butwhen thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth,
[4]Thatthine alms may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, he will reward thee openly.
[5]Andwhen thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
[6]Butwhen thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy door, pray unto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
[7]Alsowhen ye pray, use no vain repetitions as the heathen: for they think to be heard for their much babbling.
[8]Beye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye have need, before ye ask of him.
[9]Afterthis manner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name.
[10]ThyKingdom come. Thy will be done even in earth, as it is in heaven.
[11]Giveus this day our daily bread.
[12]Andforgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
[13]Andlead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, Amen.
[14]Forif ye do forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
[15]Butif ye do not forgive men their trespasses, no more will your father forgive you your trespass.
[16]Moreover,when ye fast, look not sour as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seem unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, that they have their reward.
[17]Butwhen thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,
[18]Thatthou seem not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.
[19]Laynot up treasures for yourselves upon the earth, where the moth and canker corrupt, and where thieves dig through, and steal.
[20]Butlay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither the moth nor canker corrupteth, and where thieves neither dig through, nor steal.
[21]Forwhere your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
[22]Thelight of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.
[23]Butif thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be dark. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness, how great is that darkness?
[24]Noman can serve two masters: for either he shall hate the one, and love the other, or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.
[25]ThereforeI say unto you, be not careful 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 worth than meat? and the body than raiment?
[26]Beholdthe fowls of the heaven: for they sow not, neither reap, nor carry into the barns: yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
[27]Whichof you by taking care, is able to add one cubit unto his stature?
[28]Andwhy care ye for raiment? Learn, how the lilies of the field do grow: they labor not, neither spin:
[29]YetI say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
[30]Whereforeif God so clothe the grass of the field which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not do much more unto you, O ye of little faith?
[31]Thereforetake no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or where with shall we be clothed?
[32](Forafter all these things seek the Gentiles) for your heavenly Father knoweth, that ye have need of all these things.
[33]Butseek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be ministered unto you.
[34]Carenot then for the morrow: for the morrow shall care for itself: the day hath enough with his own grief.
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