Giving to the Needy
1“Be
careful
not to
practice
your
righteousness
in front
of others
to be seen
by them.
If you do,
you will
have no
reward
from your
Father in
heaven.
2 “So
when you
give to
the needy,
do not
announce
it with
trumpets,
as the
hypocrites
do in the
synagogues
and on the
streets,
to be
honored by
others.
Truly I
tell you,
they have
received
their
reward in
full.
3 But
when you
give to
the needy,
do not let
your left
hand know
what your
right hand
is doing,
4 so
that your
giving may
be in
secret.
Then your
Father,
who sees
what is
done in
secret,
will
reward
you.
Prayer
5 “And
when you
pray, do
not be
like the
hypocrites,
for they
love to
pray
standing
in the
synagogues
and on the
street
corners to
be seen by
others.
Truly I
tell you,
they have
received
their
reward in
full.
6 But
when you
pray, go
into your
room,
close the
door and
pray to
your
Father,
who is
unseen.
Then your
Father,
who sees
what is
done in
secret,
will
reward
you.
7 And
when you
pray, do
not keep
on
babbling
like
pagans,
for they
think they
will be
heard
because of
their many
words.
8 Do
not be
like them,
for your
Father
knows what
you need
before you
ask him.
9 “This,
then, is
how you
should
pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed
be your
name,
10 your
kingdom
come,
your will
be done,
on
earth as
it is in
heaven.
11 Give
us today
our daily
bread.
12 And
forgive us
our debts,
as
we also
have
forgiven
our
debtors.
13 And
lead us
not into
temptation,
but
deliver us
from the
evil one.’
14 For
if you
forgive
other
people
when they
sin
against
you, your
heavenly
Father
will also
forgive
you.
15 But
if you do
not
forgive
others
their
sins, your
Father
will not
forgive
your sins.
Fasting
16 “When
you fast,
do not
look
somber as
the
hypocrites
do, for
they
disfigure
their
faces to
show
others
they are
fasting.
Truly I
tell you,
they have
received
their
reward in
full.
17 But
when you
fast, put
oil on
your head
and wash
your face,
18 so
that it
will not
be obvious
to others
that you
are
fasting,
but only
to your
Father,
who is
unseen;
and your
Father,
who sees
what is
done in
secret,
will
reward
you.
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do
not store
up for
yourselves
treasures
on earth,
where
moths and
vermin
destroy,
and where
thieves
break in
and steal.
20 But
store up
for
yourselves
treasures
in heaven,
where
moths and
vermin do
not
destroy,
and where
thieves do
not break
in and
steal.
21 For
where your
treasure
is, there
your heart
will be
also.
22 “The
eye is the
lamp of
the body.
If your
eyes are
healthy,
your whole
body will
be full of
light.
23 But
if your
eyes are
unhealthy,
your whole
body will
be full of
darkness.
If then
the light
within you
is
darkness,
how great
is that
darkness!
24 “No
one can
serve two
masters.
Either you
will hate
the one
and love
the other,
or you
will be
devoted to
the one
and
despise
the other.
You cannot
serve both
God and
money.
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore
I tell
you, do
not worry
about your
life, what
you will
eat or
drink; or
about your
body, what
you will
wear. Is
not life
more than
food, and
the body
more than
clothes?
26 Look
at the
birds of
the air;
they do
not sow or
reap or
store away
in barns,
and yet
your
heavenly
Father
feeds
them. Are
you not
much more
valuable
than they?
27 Can
any one of
you by
worrying
add a
single
hour to
your life?
28 “And
why do you
worry
about
clothes?
See how
the
flowers of
the field
grow. They
do not
labor or
spin.
29 Yet
I tell you
that not
even
Solomon in
all his
splendor
was
dressed
like one
of these.
30 If
that is
how God
clothes
the grass
of the
field,
which is
here today
and
tomorrow
is thrown
into the
fire, will
he not
much more
clothe
you—you of
little
faith?
31 So
do not
worry,
saying,
‘What
shall we
eat?’ or
‘What
shall we
drink?’ or
‘What
shall we
wear?’
32 For
the pagans
run after
all these
things,
and your
heavenly
Father
knows that
you need
them.
33 But
seek first
his
kingdom
and his
righteousness,
and all
these
things
will be
given to
you as
well.
34 Therefore
do not
worry
about
tomorrow,
for
tomorrow
will worry
about
itself.
Each day
has enough
trouble of
its own.