1: Take 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. |
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2: Therefore 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. |
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3: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth: |
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4: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in
secret himself shall reward thee openly. |
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5: And 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. |
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6: But 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. |
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7: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for
they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. |
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8: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him. |
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9: After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. |
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10: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. |
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11: Give us this day our daily bread. |
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12: And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. |
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13: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. |
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14: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you: |
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15: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses. |
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16: Moreover 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. |
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17: But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy
face; |
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18: That 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. |
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19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: |
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20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: |
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21: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. |
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22: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be
single, thy whole body shall be full of light. |
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23: But 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! |
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24: No 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. |
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25: Therefore 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? |
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26: Behold 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? |
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27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature? |
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28: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: |
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29: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these. |
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30: Wherefore, 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? |
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31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What
shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? |
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32: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. |
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33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and
all these things shall be added unto you. |
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34: Take 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. |