6:1  "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to become noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who dwells in heaven.

6:2  "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may receive honor from men truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

6:3  "But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,

6:4  so that your giving will remain a secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

6:5  "When you pray, do not behave like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that men see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

6:6  "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father secretly, and your Father who sees what you have done in secret will reward you.

6:7  "And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that God will hear for them for their many words.

6:8  "So do not behave like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

6:9  "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who dwells in heaven, Hallowed we acknowledge Your name.

6:10  'Your kingdom come, We ask that You do Your will, On earth as You have done it in heaven.

6:11  'Give us this day our daily bread.

6:12  'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

6:13  'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours belong the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]'

6:14  "For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

6:15  "But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

6:16  "Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that men will notice them when they fast. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

6:17  "But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face

6:18  so that men will not notice your fasting, but by your Father who sees it in secret; and your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.

6:19  "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

6:20  "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

6:21  for where you consider your treasure, there your heart will reside also.

6:22  "The eye serves as the lamp of the body; so then if your eye has clearness, your whole body will become full of light.

6:23  "But if your eye does not work, your whole body will have darkness. If then the light in you becomes darkness, how great the darkness will grow!

6:24  "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will devote himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

6:25  "For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Does not life consist of more than food, and the body more than clothing?

6:26  "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Do you not know that you have more worth than they?

6:27  "And who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

6:28  "And why do you worry about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

6:29  yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

6:30  "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which lives today and tomorrow gets thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

6:31  "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'

6:32  "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

6:33  "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will accrue to you.

6:34  "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.