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 .[#6:1 NU reads “acts of righteousness” instead of “charitable giving”]

²Therefore , when you do merciful deeds , don’ t sound a trumpet 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 .

³But when you do merciful deeds , don’ t let your left hand know what your right hand does ,

⁴so that your merciful deeds may be in secret , then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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 .

⁶But 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.

⁷In praying , don’ t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do ; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

⁸Therefore don’ t be like them , for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him .

⁹Pray like this :

“‘ Our Father in heaven , may your name be kept holy.

¹⁰Let your Kingdom come .

Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven .

¹¹Give us today our daily bread.

¹²Forgive us our debts ,

as we also forgive our debtors .

¹³Bring us not into temptation ,

but deliver us from the evil one .

For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever . Amen.’

¹⁴“ For if you forgive men their trespasses , your heavenly Father will also forgive you .

¹⁵But if you don’ t forgive men their trespasses , neither will your Father forgive your trespasses .

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 .

¹⁷But you , when you fast , anoint your head and wash your face ,

¹⁸so 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 .

¹⁹“Don’ t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth , where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal ;

²⁰but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven , where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal ;

²¹for where your treasure is , there your heart will be also .

²²“ The lamp of the body is the eye . If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light .

²³But 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 !

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 .

²⁵Therefore 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 ?

²⁶See 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 ?

²⁷“ Which of you by being anxious , can add one moment to his lifespan?[#6:27 literally, cubit]

²⁸Why are you anxious about clothing ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’ t toil , neither do they spin ,

²⁹yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these .

³⁰But 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 ?

³¹“ Therefore don’t be anxious , saying , ‘ What will we eat ?’, ‘ What will we drink ?’ or , ‘ With what will we be clothed ?’

³²For the Gentiles seek after all these things ; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things .

³³But seek first God ’s Kingdom and his righteousness ; and all these things will be given to you as well .

³⁴Therefore don’ t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself . Each day ’s own evil is sufficient.