## Giving to the Poor and Prayer ###### 1 "Beware of doing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. ###### 2 "Therefore, when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. ###### 3 But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ###### 4 so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees _what is done_ in secret will reward you. ###### 5 "And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. ###### 6 But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees _what is done_ in secret will reward you. ###### 7 "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. ###### 8 Therefore, do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. ###### 9 "Pray, then, in this way: **'Our Father who is in heaven,** **Hallowed be Your name.** ###### 10 Your kingdom come. **Your will be done,** **On earth as it is in heaven.** ###### 11 Give us this day our daily bread. ###### 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ###### 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [**For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.'**] ###### 14 For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ###### 15 But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. ## Fasting ###### 16 "Now whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites _do_, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. ###### 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face ###### 18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees _what is done_ in secret will reward you. ## Treasures in Heaven ###### 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ###### 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; ###### 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ###### 22 "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. ###### 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! ###### 24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. ## Do Not Worry ###### 25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, _as to_ what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, _as to_ what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ###### 26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and _yet_ your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? ###### 27 And who of you by being worried can add a single cubit to his life span? ###### 28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, ###### 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. ###### 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is _alive_ today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, _will He_ not much more _clothe_ you? You of little faith! ###### 31 Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' ###### 32 For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ###### 33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. ###### 34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.