Matthew 6
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Giving to the Needy
1 “Be careful not to #6:1 give to the needy ¦ practice your righteousness CTgive to the needy in front of others to be seen by them, otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven. 2So when yoʋ give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before yoʋ, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. 3But when yoʋ give to the needy, do not let yoʋr left hand know what yoʋr right hand is doing, 4so that yoʋr giving may be in secret. Then yoʋr Father who sees in secret will #6:4 himself reward yoʋ openly 73.5% ¦ reward yoʋ openly ANT 18.4% ¦ reward yoʋ CT 5.5%himself reward yoʋ openly.
Prayer
5 “When #6:5 yoʋ ¦ you CTyoʋ pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and at the street corners so that they may be seen by others. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. 6But when yoʋ pray, go into yoʋr inner room, shut yoʋr door, and pray to yoʋr Father who is in secret. Then yoʋr Father who sees in secret will reward yoʋ #6:6 openly 96.9% ¦ --- CT 1.9%openly.
7 “And when you pray, do not babble on repetitiously like the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their use of many words. 8Do not be like them, for #6:8 your ¦ God your WHyour Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9Pray then like this:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be yoʋr name.
10 Yoʋr kingdom come.
Yoʋr will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we #6:12 forgive ¦ have forgiven CTforgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
# 6:13 For yoʋrs is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. 92.6% ¦ --- CT 1.2% For yoʋrs is the kingdom
and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive others #6:15 their trespasses 97.3% ¦ --- NA SBL 1.1%their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting
16 “When you fast, do not be gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they may be seen by others to be fasting. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. 17But when yoʋ fast, anoint yoʋr head and wash yoʋr face, 18so that yoʋ may not be seen by others to be fasting, but by yoʋr Father who is in secret. Then yoʋr Father who sees in secret will reward #6:18 yoʋ ¦ yoʋ openly ANT TRyoʋ.
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal. 21For where #6:21 your … your ¦ yoʋr … yoʋr CTyour treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The Lamp of the Body
22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If then yoʋr eye is clear, yoʋr whole body will be full of light. 23But if yoʋr eye is bad, yoʋr whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within yoʋ is darkness, how great is the darkness!
You Cannot Serve Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Anxiety
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat #6:25 and what you will drink ¦ or what you will drink NA TH WH ¦ --- SBLand what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the sky: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27Which of you by being anxious can add a single moment to yoʋr span of life? 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: They do not toil or spin, 29yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘What will we wear?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33But seek first the kingdom #6:33 of God 97% ¦ --- SBL WH 0.1%of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious about #6:34 its own things ¦ itself CTits own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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