Matthew
Matthew 6 ©
1 Christ continuing his sermon giveth directions about charitable giving, 5 prayer, 14 forgiving our brethren, 16 fasting, 19 laying up treasure in heaven, 22 keeping a single eye: 24 and exhorteth not to be anxious about worldly things, but principally to seek God's kingdom and righteousness.
TAKE heed that ye do not your 1alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward 2of your Father which is in heaven.
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
But when ye pray, juse not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: kfor your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
qAnd forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
uFor if ye forgive men their *trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
vBut if ye forgive not men their *trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
¶Moreover wwhen 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.
But thou, when thou fastest, xanoint thine head, and wash thy face;
bFor where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
cThe light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be *single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
iBehold 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?