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1 | 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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2 | 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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3 | But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: |
4 | That thine alms may be in secret:
and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
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5 | 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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6 | 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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7 | But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. |
8 | 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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11 | Give us this day our daily
bread.
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12 | And forgive us
our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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13 | 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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14 | For if ye
forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
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15 | But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
16 | 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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17 | 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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20 | 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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22 | 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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23 | 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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24 | 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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25 | 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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26 | 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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27 | Which of you by taking thought can
add one cubit unto his stature?
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28 | 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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29 | And yet I say unto you, That even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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30 | 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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31 | Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we
eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
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32 | (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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33 | But seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
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34 | 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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