1 T ake 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 T herefore 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 B ut when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

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

5 A nd 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 B ut 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 B ut when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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

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

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

11 G ive us this day our daily bread.

12 A nd forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 A nd 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 F or if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 B ut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 M oreover 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 B ut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

18 T hat 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 L ay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 B ut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21 F or where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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

23 B ut 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 N o 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 T herefore 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 B ehold 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 W hich of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

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

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

30 W herefore, 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 T herefore 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 B ut seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 T ake 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.