1Take 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. 2Therefore 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.[ † ]Romans 12:8 3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.[ † ]Luke 14:12-14
5And 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. 6But 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.[ † ]2 Kings 4:33 7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.[ † ]Ecclesiastes 5:21 Kings 18:26 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.[ † ]Romans 8:26-27 9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.[ † ]Matthew 6:9-13Luke 11:2-4John 16:24Ephesians 6:18Jude 20Matthew 5:9-16Malachi 1:11 10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.[ † ]Matthew 26:42Luke 22:42Acts 21:14Psalms 103:20 11Give us this day our daily bread.[ † ]Job 23:12Proverbs 30:8Isaiah 33:16Luke 11:3 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.[ † ]Matthew 18:21-22 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.[ † ]Matthew 26:411 Corinthians 10:312 Peter 2:9Revelation 3:10John 17:152 Thessalonians 3:32 Timothy 4:181 John 5:18 14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:[ † ]Matthew 7:2Mark 11:25Ephesians 4:32Colossians 3:13 15but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.[ † ]Matthew 18:35James 2:13
16Moreover 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.[ † ]Isaiah 58:3-7Luke 18:12 17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;[ † ]Ruth 3:32 Samuel 12:20Daniel 10:3 18that 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.
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:[ † ]Proverbs 23:41 Timothy 6:17Hebrews 13:5James 5:1 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:[ † ]Matthew 19:21Luke 12:33Luke 18:221 Timothy 6:191 Peter 1:4 21for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.[ † ]Luke 11:34-35
23But 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!
24No 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.[ † ]Luke 16:9-11, 13Galatians 1:101 Timothy 6:17James 4:41 John 2:15 25Therefore 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?[ † ]Psalms 55:22Luke 12:22Philippians 4:61 Peter 5:7 26Behold 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?[ † ]Job 38:41Psalms 147:9Matthew 10:29Luke 12:24 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, 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? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.[ † ]1 Kings 3:13Luke 12:311 Timothy 4:8 34Take 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.