1Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men , to be seen of them : else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven . 2When therefore thou doest alms , sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets , that they may have glory of men . Verily I say unto you , They have received their reward . 3But when thou doest alms , let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth : 4that thine alms may be in secret : and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
Teaching about Prayer
5And when ye pray , ye shall not be as the hypocrites : for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets , that they may be seen of men . Verily I say unto you , They have received their reward . 6But thou , when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door , pray to thy Father who is in secret , and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 7And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8Be not therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of , before ye ask him . 9After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father who art in heaven , Hallowed be thy name . 10Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done , as in heaven , so on earth . 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts , as we also have forgiven our debtors . 13And bring us not into temptation , but deliver us from the evil one . 14For if ye forgive men their trespasses , your heavenly Father will also forgive you . 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses , neither will your Father forgive your trespasses .
Teaching about Fasting
16Moreover when ye fast , be not , as the hypocrites , of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces , that they may be seen of men to fast . Verily I say unto you , They have received their reward . 17But thou , when thou fastest, anoint thy head , and wash thy face ; 18that thou be not seen of men to fast , but of thy Father who is in secret : and thy Father , who seeth in secret , shall recompense thee.
Treasures in Heaven
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth , where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal : 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven , where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal : 21for where thy treasure is , there will thy heart be also .
The Eye is the Lamp of the Body
22The lamp of the body is the eye : if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light . 23But if thine eye be evil , thy whole body shall be full of darkness . If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness , how great is the darkness !
No One Can Serve Two Masters
24No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one , and love the other ; or else he will hold to one , and despise the other . Ye cannot serve God and mammon .
Do Not Worry
25Therefore I say unto you , Be not anxious for your life , what ye shall eat , or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body , what ye shall put on . Is not the life more than the food , and the body than the raiment ? 26Behold the birds of the heaven , that they sow not , neither do they reap , nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them . Are not ye of much more value than they ? 27And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life ? 28And why are ye anxious concerning raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not , neither do they spin : 29yet I say unto you , that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . 30But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is , and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you , O ye of little faith ? 31Be not therefore anxious , saying , What shall we eat ? or , What shall we drink ? or , Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 32For after all these things do the Gentiles seek ; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things . 33But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you . 34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself . Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.