1 ` 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;

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

2 w henever, 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!

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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

But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

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

so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render to thee.

5 ` 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.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6 ` 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.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render to thee.

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

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

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

Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg of him.

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

Thus therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,

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

let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;

11 ` Our appointed bread give us to-day.

give us to-day our needed bread,

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

and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,

13 ` 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.

and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.

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

For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you,

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

but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

16 ` 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.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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

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

18 t hat 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.

so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render to thee.

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

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

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

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;

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

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

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

The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:

23 b ut 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!

but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!

24 ` 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.

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 ` 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?

For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

26 l ook 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?

Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?

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

But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

28 a nd 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;

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

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

but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

30 ` 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?

But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into oven, will he not much rather you, O of little faith?

31 t herefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

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

for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

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

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day its own evil.