New Testament · Gospels and Acts

Matthew chapter 6

Be careful not to perform your in front of people just to be noticed by them. If you do, you won’t receive any from your in heaven.So when you give to those in need, don’t make a big show of it—like the do in the and on the streets, trying to get people to admire them. I’m telling you the truth: they’ve already gotten their .Instead, when you give to those in need, don’t even let your know what your is doing.Give your gifts . And your Father, who sees what’s done in secret, will reward you.And when you , don’t be like the hypocrites. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on so everyone can see them. I’m telling you the truth: they’ve already gotten their full reward.But when you pray, go into your , close the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what’s done in secret, will reward you.And when you pray, don’t like the do. They think they’ll be heard because of their many words.Don’t be like them, because your Father already exactly what you need before you even ask him.So here’s how you should pray: ‘ in heaven, may your name be .May your come. May be done here on earth, just as it’s already done in heaven.Give us today .And us for , just as we have forgiven those who have failed us.And don’t let us be , but pull us away from .Because if you forgive other people when they , your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you don’t forgive other people, your Father won’t forgive you for the ways you’ve failed either.When you , don’t look miserable like the hypocrites do. They so everyone will know they’re fasting. I’m telling you the truth: they’ve already gotten their full reward.But when you go without food to focus on God, wash your face and like normal,so that it won’t be obvious to people that you’re going without food—only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what’s done in secret, will reward you.Don’t pile up here on earth, where moths and rust eat them away, and where thieves and steal them.Instead, pile up , where moths and rust can’t touch them, and where thieves can’t break in and steal.Because wherever your treasure is, that’s where your will be too.Your is like a lamp for your whole body. If your eye is , your whole body is full of .But if your eye is , your whole body is full of . And if the light inside you is actually darkness—how deep that darkness is!Nobody can two bosses. You’ll either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and look down on the other. You can’t work for both God and .That’s why I’m telling you: about your —what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink—or about your body—what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food? Isn’t your body more than clothes?Look at the . They don’t plant seeds, they don’t harvest crops, they don’t store food in barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth way more than they are?And which one of you, by worrying, can add to your life?And why do you worry about clothes? Look at how the grow. They don’t and they don’t make their own clothes.But I’m telling you, not even in all his was dressed as beautifully as one of these.If that’s how God dresses the that’s here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, won’t he take care of you even more? You have !So stop worrying, saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’These are the things that . But your heavenly Father already knows you need all these things.Instead, and , and all these things will be given to you as well.So don’t worry about tomorrow—tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough of its own.