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The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Chapter 6
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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.
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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.
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth:
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That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father
which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
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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.
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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.
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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for
they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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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.
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For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you:
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But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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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.
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy
face;
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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.
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be
single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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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!
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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And why take ye
thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:
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And yet I say unto you, That
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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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?
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Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we
be clothed?
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(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things.
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and
all these things shall be added unto you.
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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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