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Matthew 6

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  1. 1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.58 cross-references: Matthew 23:5, John 12:43, Hebrews 6:10, Matthew 23:28–30, Luke 16:15
  2. 2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound 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 their reward.71 cross-references: Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16, James 2:15–16, John 5:41, 2 Corinthians 9:6–15
  3. 3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:8 cross-references: John 7:4, Matthew 9:30, Mark 1:44, Matthew 12:19, Matthew 8:4
  4. 4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.30 cross-references: Matthew 6:18, Matthew 6:6, Jeremiah 17:10, Luke 14:14, Psalms 44:21
  5. 5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.53 cross-references: Matthew 6:2, Luke 18:13, Luke 18:10–11, Mark 11:25, Isaiah 55:6–7
  6. 6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.36 cross-references: 2 Kings 4:33, Matthew 14:23, Isaiah 65:24, Psalms 34:15, Isaiah 26:20
  7. 7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.22 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 5:2–3, Ecclesiastes 5:7, 1 Kings 18:26–29, Matthew 26:44, Matthew 6:32
  8. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.16 cross-references: Matthew 6:32, Luke 12:30, Philippians 4:6, John 16:23–27, Psalms 38:9
  9. 9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.86 cross-references: Luke 11:1–4, Revelation 4:11, Romans 8:15, Ezekiel 36:23, Malachi 1:11
  10. 10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.56 cross-references: Hebrews 10:36, John 4:34, Matthew 26:42, Matthew 12:50, 1 Thessalonians 5:18
  11. 11Give us this day our daily bread.28 cross-references: Proverbs 30:8, Luke 11:3, Matthew 4:4, Psalms 34:10, John 6:31–59
  12. 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.43 cross-references: Ephesians 4:32, Mark 11:25, Ephesians 1:7, Matthew 18:21–35, Colossians 3:13
  13. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.150 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 10:13, John 17:15, Revelation 7:14–17, Matthew 26:41, Revelation 19:1
  14. 14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:36 cross-references: Ephesians 4:32, Mark 11:25, Colossians 3:13, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13
  15. 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.2 cross-references: Matthew 18:35
  16. 16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.52 cross-references: Isaiah 58:3–5, Matthew 9:14–15, Nehemiah 1:4, Daniel 9:3, Luke 18:12
  17. 17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;13 cross-references: Ruth 3:3, Ecclesiastes 9:8, 2 Samuel 12:20, Daniel 10:2–3, 2 Samuel 14:2
  18. 18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.15 cross-references: Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:4, 2 Corinthians 10:18, Colossians 3:22–24, 2 Corinthians 5:9
  19. 19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:54 cross-references: Hebrews 13:5, 1 John 2:15–16, Luke 12:21, Proverbs 23:4–5, Proverbs 16:16
  20. 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:14 cross-references: Luke 12:33, Matthew 19:21, James 2:5, 1 Timothy 6:19, Luke 18:22
  21. 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.15 cross-references: Colossians 3:1–3, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Luke 12:34, Proverbs 4:23, Isaiah 33:6
  22. 22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.20 cross-references: Luke 11:34–36, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Colossians 3:22, Ephesians 6:5, Acts 2:46
  23. 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 that darkness!33 cross-references: 1 John 2:11, Matthew 6:22, Isaiah 5:20–21, Jeremiah 4:22, 1 Corinthians 3:18–19
  24. 24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.58 cross-references: 1 John 2:15–16, Luke 16:13, James 4:4, 1 Timothy 6:9–10, Galatians 1:10
  25. 25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment?52 cross-references: Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 8:32, Psalms 55:22, Luke 12:22–31
  26. 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?27 cross-references: Psalms 147:9, Matthew 10:29–31, Job 38:41, Luke 12:24–32, Psalms 145:15–16
  27. 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?10 cross-references: Luke 12:25–26, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Psalms 39:5–6, Matthew 5:36, 1 Corinthians 12:18
  28. 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:13 cross-references: Matthew 6:25, Philippians 4:6, Luke 12:27, Matthew 6:31, Luke 22:35–36
  29. 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.9 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 9:20–22, 2 Chronicles 9:4–6, 1 Peter 3:2–5, 1 Kings 10:4–7, 1 Timothy 2:9–10
  30. 30Wherefore, if God 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?28 cross-references: Matthew 14:31, Luke 12:28, 1 Peter 1:24, Matthew 16:8, Matthew 8:26
  31. 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?25 cross-references: 1 Peter 5:7, Luke 12:29, Matthew 4:4, Psalms 55:22, Matthew 15:33
  32. 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.29 cross-references: Matthew 6:8, Luke 12:30, Ephesians 4:17, Luke 11:11–13, Psalms 17:14
  33. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.111 cross-references: Luke 12:31, Matthew 5:6, John 6:27, Psalms 34:9–10, Mark 10:29–30
  34. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.23 cross-references: Matthew 6:25, John 14:27, Hebrews 13:5–6, John 16:33, Luke 11:3

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