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Verse 1

Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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.

Verse 2

Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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.

Verse 3

But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

Verse 4

that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Verse 5

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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.

Verse 6

But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have 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 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.

Verse 7

But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathens do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Verse 8

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Verse 9

In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Verse 10

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Verse 11

Give us this day our daily bread.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Verse 12

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Verse 13

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

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.

Verse 14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Verse 15

But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Verse 16

Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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.

Verse 17

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Verse 18

that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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.

Verse 19

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Verse 20

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Verse 21

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Verse 22

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Verse 23

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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!

Verse 24

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

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.

Verse 25

Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

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?

Verse 26

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

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?

Verse 27

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Verse 28

And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Verse 29

and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Verse 30

Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

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?

Verse 31

Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Verse 32

For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Verse 33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Verse 34

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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.

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