1 “ Be sure you do not do good things in front of others just to be seen by them. If you do, you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who in the heavens;

2 W hen you give to the poor, do not be as those who pretend to be someone they are not. They blow a horn in the places of worship and in the streets so people may respect them. For sure, I tell you, they have all the reward they are going to get.

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

3 W hen you give, do not let your left hand know what your right hand gives.

`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

4 Y our giving should be in secret. Then your Father Who sees in secret will reward you. Jesus Teaches about Prayer

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

5 “ When you pray, do not be as those who pretend to be someone they are not. They love to stand and pray in the places of worship or in the streets so people can see them. For sure, I tell you, they have all the reward they are going to get.

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

6 W hen you pray, go into a room by yourself. After you have shut the door, pray to your Father Who is in secret. Then your Father Who sees in secret will reward you.

`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

7 W hen you pray, do not say the same thing over and over again making long prayers like the people who do not know God. They think they are heard because their prayers are long.

`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

8 D o not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

9 “ Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, Your name is holy.

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

10 M ay Your holy nation come. What You want done, may it be done on earth as it is in heaven.

`Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

11 G ive us the bread we need today.

`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

12 F orgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

13 ‘ Do not let us be tempted, but keep us from sin. Your nation is holy. You have power and shining-greatness forever. Let it be so.’ Jesus Teaches about Forgiveness

`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

14 “ If you forgive people their sins, your Father in heaven will forgive your sins also.

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who in the heavens;

15 I f you do not forgive people their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Jesus Teaches about Not Eating So You Can Pray Better

but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 “ When you go without food so you can pray better, do not be as those who pretend to be someone they are not. They make themselves look sad so people will see they are going with out food. For sure, I tell you, they have all the reward they are going to get.

`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

17 W hen you go without food so you can pray better, put oil on your head and wash your face.

`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

18 T hen nobody knows you are going without food. Then your Father Who sees in secret will reward you. Jesus Teaches about Having Riches

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

19 “ Do not gather together for yourself riches of this earth. They will be eaten by bugs and become rusted. Men can break in and steal them.

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

20 G ather together riches in heaven where they will not be eaten by bugs or become rusted. Men cannot break in and steal them.

but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

21 F or wherever your riches are, your heart will be there also.

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

22 T he eye is the light of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

23 I f your eye is bad, your whole body will be dark. If the light in you is dark, how dark it will be!

but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

24 N o one can have two bosses. He will hate the one and love the other. Or he will listen to the one and work against the other. You cannot have both God and riches as your boss at the same time. Jesus Teaches about Cares of Life

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

25 “ I tell you this: Do not worry about your life. Do not worry about what you are going to eat and drink. Do not worry about what you are going to wear. Is not life more important than food? Is not the body more important than clothes?

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

26 L ook at the birds in the sky. They do not plant seeds. They do not gather grain. They do not put grain into a building to keep. Yet your Father in heaven feeds them! Are you not more important than the birds?

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

27 W hich of you can make himself a little taller by worrying?

`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

28 W hy should you worry about clothes? Think how the flowers grow. They do not work or make cloth.

and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

29 B ut I tell you that Solomon in all his greatness was not dressed as well as one of these flowers.

and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

30 G od clothes the grass of the field. It lives today and is burned in the stove tomorrow. How much more will He give you clothes? You have so little faith!

`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

31 D o not worry. Do not keep saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘What will we wear?’

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

32 T he people who do not know God are looking for all these things. Your Father in heaven knows you need all these things.

for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

33 F irst of all, look for the holy nation of God. Be right with Him. All these other things will be given to you also.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

34 D o not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will have its own worries. The troubles we have in a day are enough for one day.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day the evil of it.