Giving
To The Needy
Be
careful
Not
to do your acts of Righteousness before men,
To
be seen by them.
If
you do,
YOU
WILL HAVE NO REWARD
FROM
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
2So
when you give to the Needy,
Do
not announce it with Trumpets,
As
the Hypocrites do in the Synagogues
And
on the Streets,
TO
BE HONORED BY MEN.
I
TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
THEY
HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD IN FULL.
3
BUT WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE NEEDY,
DO
NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW
WHAT
YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING,
4
SO THAT YOUR GIVING MAY BE IN SECRET.
THEN
YOUR FATHER,
WHO
SEES WHAT IS DONE INSECRET,
WILL
REWARD YOU.
Prayer
5
But when you Pray,
Do
not be like the Hypocrites,
For
they love to Pray standing in the Synagogues
And
on the Street corners to be seen by men.
I
TELL YOU THE TRUTH
THEY
HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD IN FULL.
6
WHEN YOU PRAY,
GO
INTO YOUR ROOM,
CLOSE
THE DOOR ANDPRAY TO YOUR FATHER,
WHO
IS UNSEEN.
THEN
YOUR FATHER,
WHO
SEES WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET,
WILL
REWARD YOU.
7
And when you Pray,
Do
not keep on babbling like Pagans,
For
they think they will be heard
Because
of their many words.
8
DO NOT BE LIKE THEM,
FOR
YOUR FATHER KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED
BEFORE
YOU ASK HIM.
9
THIS IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY:
OUR
FATHER IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED
BE YOUR NAME,
YOUR
KINGDOM COME,
YOUR
WILL BE DONE
ON
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
11
GIVE US TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
12
FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS,
AS
WE ALSO HAVE FORGIEN OUR DEBTORS.
13
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,
BU
DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE.
14
FOR IF YOU FORGIVE MEN WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU,
YOUR
HEAENLY FATHER WILL ALSO FORGIVE YOU.
15
BUT IF YOU DO NOT FOREGIVE MEN THEIR SINS,
YOUR
FATER WILL NOT FORGIVE YOUR SINS.
Fasting
16
When yo Fast,
Do
not look Somber as the Hypocrites do,
For
they Disfigure their faces
To
show men they are Fasting.
I
tell you the Truth,
THEY
HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD IN FUL.
17
But when you fast,
Put
oil on your head and wash your face,
18
So that it will not be Obvious to men
That
you are Fasting,
BUT
ONLY TO YOUR FATHER,
WHO
IS UNSEEN;
AND
YOUR FATHER,
WHO
SEES WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET,
WILL
REWARD YOU.
Treasures
In Heaven
19
DO NOT STORE UP FOR YOURSELVES
TREASURES
ON EARTH,
Where
moth and rust Destroy,
and
where Thieves break in and steal.
20
BUT STORE UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN,
Where
moth and rust do not Destroy,
And
where thieves do not break in and steal.
FOR
WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS,
THERE
YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.
22
THE EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY.
If
your eyes are good,
Your
whole body will be full of Light
23
BUT IF YOUR EYES ARE BAD,
Your
whole body will be full of Darkness.
IF
THEN THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU IS DARKNESS,
HOW
GREAT IS THAT DARKNESS!
24
NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS.
Either
he will Hate the one and Love the other,
Or
he will be Devoted to the one
And
Despise the other.
YOU
CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY.
Do
Not Worry
25
Therefore I tell you,
DO
NOT WORY ABOUT YOUR LIFE,
What
you will eat or drink;
Or
about your body, what you will wear.
IS
NOT LIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLOTHES?
26
Look at the birds of the air;
They
do not sow or reap
Or
store away in barns,
And
yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.
ARE
YOU NOT MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN THEY?
27
WHO OF YOU BY WORRYNG
CAN
ADD A SINGLE HOUR TO HIS LIFE?
28
And why do you worry about clothes?
See
how the lilies of the field grow.
They
do not labor or spin.
29
Yet I tell you
That
not even Solomon in all his Splendor
Was
dressed like one of these.
30
If that I s how God clothes the grass of the field,
Which
is here today and tomorrow
Is
thrown into the fire,
WILL
HE NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU,
O
YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?
31
SO DO NOT WORRY,
Saying,
'What shall we ear?' or
'What
shall we eat? Or
'What
shall we drink?' or
'What
shall we wear?'
32
FOR THE PAGANS RUN AFTER THESE THINGS,
AND
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER
KNOWS
THAT YOU NEED THEM.
33
BUT SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM
AND
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND
ALL THESE THINGS
WILL
BE GIVEN TO YOU AS WELL..
34
THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW,
FOR
TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITSELF.
EACH
DAY HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE OF ITS OWN.
(Matthew
6)
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