| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. | 1"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. |
| 2So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward! | 2So whenever you give to the poor, don't sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They've got their reward! |
| 3But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, | 3But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, |
| 4so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." | 4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| 5"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward! | 5"Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They've got their reward! |
| 6But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you. | 6But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| 7"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy. | 7When you pray, don't babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they'll be heard for their many words. |
| 8Don't be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him. | 8Don't be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him. |
| 9Therefore, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. | 9"Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, Your name be honored as holy. |
| 10May your kingdom come. May your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. | 10Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. |
| 11Give us today our daily bread, | 11Give us today our daily bread. |
| 12and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us. | 12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
| 13And never bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' | 13And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. |
| 14Because if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. | 14"For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. |
| 15But if you do not forgive people their offenses, your Father will not forgive your offenses." | 15But if you don't forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing. |
| 16"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward! | 16"Whenever you fast, don't be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They've got their reward! |
| 17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, | 17But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face, |
| 18so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you." | 18so that you don't show your fasting to people but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| 19"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. | 19"Don't collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. |
| 20But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal, | 20But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don't break in and steal. |
| 21because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." | 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
| 22"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. | 22"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. |
| 23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!" | 23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness--how deep is that darkness! |
| 24"No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!" | 24"No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money. |
| 25"That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life—what you will eat or what you will drink —or about your body—what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn't it, and the body more than clothing? | 25"This is why I tell you: Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing? |
| 26Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren't you? | 26Look at the birds of the sky: They don't sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they? |
| 27Can any of you add a single hour to the length of your life by worrying? | 27Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying? |
| 28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn, | 28And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don't labor or spin thread. |
| 29but I tell you that not even Solomon in all of his splendor was clothed like one of them. | 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! |
| 30Now if that is the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won't he clothe you much better—you who have little faith? | 30If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won't He do much more for you--you of little faith? |
| 31"So don't ever worry by saying, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?' | 31So don't worry, saying, What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' |
| 32because it is the unbelievers who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them! | 32For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. |
| 33But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well. | 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. |
| 34So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." | 34Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. |
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