Matthew 6
1 “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
[But] take heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them, —otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens.
2 Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a shofar before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as, the hypocrites, do in the synagogues and in the streets—that they may be glorified by men, —Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.
3 But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,
But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing;
4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
that thine alms may be in secret, —and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.
5 “When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
And, when ye may be praying, ye shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love, in the synagogues, and at the corners of the broad ways, to take their stand and pray, that they may shine before men; Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
But, thou, when thou wouldest pray, enter into thy closet, and, fastening thy door, pray unto thy Father who is in secret, —and, thy Father who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
7 In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
And, being at prayer, use not vain repetitions, just like the nations, —for they think, that, in their much speaking, they shall be hoard;
8 Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
do not, therefore, make yourselves like them, for [God] your Father knoweth of what things ye have, need, before ye ask him.
9 Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Thus, therefore pray, ye: Our Father, who art in the heavens, —Hallowed be thy name,
10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Come may thy kingdom, —Accomplished be thy will, as in heaven, also on earth:
11 Give us today our daily bread.
Our needful bread, give us, this day;
12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
And forgive us our debts, as, we also, have forgiven our debtors;
13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
For, if ye forgive men their faults, Your Father who is in the heavens, will forgive, even you;
15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
But, if ye forgive not men [their faults], neither will your Father forgive, your faults.
16 “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
And, when ye may he fasting, become not ye, as the hypocrites, of sullen countenance, —for they darken their looks, that they may appear, unto men, to be fasting: Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
But, when, thou, art fasting, anoint thy head, and, thy face, wash, —
18 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
that thou do not appear, unto men, to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, —and, thy Father who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:
21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
for, where, thy treasure, is, there, will be, thy heart [also].
22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
The lamp of the body, is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body, shall be, lighted up;
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
But, if thine eye be, evil, thy whole body, shall be, in the dark; —if therefore, the light which is in thee, is, darkness, the darkness, how great!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other, love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.
25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
For this cause, I say unto you: Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat [or what ye shall drink], —or for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not, the life, more than, the food? And, the body, than, the raiment?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, —that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?
27 “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
But who from among you, being anxious, can add to his stature one cubit?
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
And, about clothing, why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow, —they toil not neither do they spin;
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
And yet, I say unto you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like, one of these!
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
Now, if the grass of the field—which to-day, is, and, to-morrow, into an oven, is cast—God thus adorneth, not much rather, you, little of faith?
31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
Do not then be anxious saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or Wherewithal shall we be arrayed?
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
For, all these things, the nations, seek after, —for your heavenly Father, knoweth, that ye are needing, all these things.
33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness, —and, all these things, shall be added unto you.
34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Do not, then, be anxious for the morrow; for the morrow, will be anxious, for itself: Sufficient for the day, is the evil thereof.
