Matthew 6:1-21 ▼

1 Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen.

2 When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

3 But whe thou doest almes, let not thy lefte hande knowe, what thy righte hande doth;

4 that thine almes maye be secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as ye ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

6 But when thou prayest, entre in to thy chamber, and shut thy dore to the, & praye to thy father which is in secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

7 And when ye praye, bable not moch, as ye Hethen do: for they thinke that they shalbe herde, for their moch bablynges sake.

8 Be not ye lyke them therfore. For youre father knoweth where of ye haue nede, before ye axe of him.

9 After thys maner therfore shall ye praye:O oure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

10 Thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll be fulfilled vpon earth as it is in heauen.

11 Geue vs this daye oure dayly bred.

12 And forgeue vs oure dettes, as we also forgeue oure detters.

13 And lede vs not in to teptacion: but delyuer vs from euell. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glorye for euer. Amen.

14 For yf ye forgeue other men their treaspases, youre heauenly father shall also forgeue you.

15 But and ye wyll not forgeue me their trespases, nomore shall youre father forgeue you youre trespases.

16 Moreouer when ye fast, be not sad as ye ypocrytes are. For they disfigure their faces, that they myght be sene of men to fast. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

17 But thou, whe thou fastest, annoynte thyne heed, and wash thy face,

18 that it appeare not vnto men, that thou fastest: but vnto thy father which is in secrete: and thy father which seyth in secrete, shal rewarde the openly.

19 Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earth, where rust and mothes corrupte, and where theues breake through and steale.

20 But gather you treasure together in heauen, where nether rust nor mothes corrupte, and where theues nether breake vp nor yet steale.

21 For where youre treasure is, there is youre herte also.