Matthew 6:1-21 ▼

1 “Take heed not to do your kindness before men, to be seen by them, and if not—you have no reward from your Father who [is] in the heavens;

2 whenever, therefore, you may do kindness, you may not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; truly I say to you, they have their reward!

3 But you, doing kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,

4 that your kindness may be in secret, and your Father who is seeing in secret will reward you Himself.

5 And when you may pray, you will not be as the hypocrites, because they cherish to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the broad places, that they may be seen of men; truly I say to you that they have their reward.

6 But you, when you may pray, go into your chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who [is] in secret, and your Father who is seeing in secret will reward you.

7 And—praying—you may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their speaking much they will be heard,

8 therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows those things that you have need of before your asking Him;

9 therefore pray thus: Our Father who [is] in the heavens, hallowed be Your Name.

10 Your kingdom come, Your will come to pass, as in Heaven also on the earth.

11 Give us today our appointed bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

13 And may You not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one], because Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory—for all ages. Amen.

14 For if you may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you—your Father who [is] in the heavens;

15 but if you may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 And when you may fast, do not be as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; truly I say to you that they have their reward.

17 But you, fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,

18 that you may not appear to men fasting, but to your Father who [is] in secret, and your Father, who is seeing in secret, will reward you.

19 Do not treasure up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

20 but treasure up to yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

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