1 “And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them;
2 Therefore whenever you practice charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet in front of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!
3 But you,
4 in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
5 And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand
6 But whenever you pray, enter into your inner room and shut your door
7 “But
8 Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows
9 Therefore you pray in this way:
10 May your kingdom come,
11 Give us today our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts,
13 And do not bring us into temptation,
14 For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.
16 “Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!
17 But
18 so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming
20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great
24 “No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.
25 “For this
26 Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather
27 And who among you,
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin,
29 but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.
30 But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way,
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?,’
32 for the pagans seek after all these
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these
34 Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself.