Matthew 6:1-13 ▼

1 Attend ye not to do your justice before men, to be seen to them; and if otherwise ye have no reward from your Father which in the heavens.

2 When therefore thou doest alms, thou shouldst not sound the trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in the assemblies, and in the streets, that they might be praised by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.

3 But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does:

4 That thine alms might be in secret; and thy Father, who seeing in secret, shall give back to thee openly.

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love in the assemblies, and in the corners of the broad ways to stand praying, so that they might appear to men. Verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy store-house, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which in secret; and thy Father who seeing in secret shall give back to thee openly.

7 And praying, talk ye not vainly as the nations; for they think that by their profaneness of speech they shall be listened to.

8 Therefore make not yourselves like them: for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye ask him.

9 Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy.

10 Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be as in heaven also upon the earth.

11 Give us this day our bread sufficient for sustenance.

12 And let go to us our debts, as we let go to our debtors.

13 And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.