MATTHEW 6 1-21

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1 - “Be careful not to do your kindnesses in front of others to be seen by them, for then you’ll not have reward from your Father in heaven. 2 If you help someone or give to someone in need, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the meeting places and in the streets, so they’ll be praised by others. Truly, I tell you, they have already received their reward. 3 So when you give to the needy, don’t even let your left hand know what your right hand is doing! 4 Then your giving will be in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 5 Likewise when you pray. You mustn’t be like the hypocritical. For they like to stand and pray in the meetings and at the street corners, that others may see them. Truly, they’ve received their reward. 6 So when you pray, go to your room and shut the door and pray to your Father, the one who is hidden, and your Father who sees the hidden will reward you.

     7 And when you pray, don’t repeat empty words as the Gentiles do, for they think they’ll be heard for their many words. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 May your kingdom come, and your will be done, upon earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts and failings, as we also forgive other’s failures and debts. 13 And let us not be led into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you, 15 but if you don’t forgive others their trespasses and failures, neither will your Father forgive you.

     16 When you fast, don’t put on a long face like the hypocritical, for they disfigure their faces so their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

     19 Don’t lay up for yourselves treasure upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves can break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves cannot break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, that is where your heart will be also.”

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