Mat 6 | ABEn | STEP | Take heed of your charity! to not act in front of men so as to be a spectacle to them, otherwise [ 2 a wage 1 you have not] from your father, the one in the heavens.

Matthew 6

CHAPTER 6 Charity Done in Secret

1 Take heed of your charity! to not act in front of men so as to be a spectacle to them, otherwise [²a wage ¹you have not] from your father, the one in the heavens. 2 Whenever then you should do charity, you should not trump before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they should be glorified by men. Amen I say to you, they receive their wage. 3 But you doing charity, let not [²know ¹your left hand] what [²does ¹your right]! 4 so that [³might be ¹your ²charity] in the secret; and your father, the one seeing in the secret, he will recompense to you in the open.

Prayer and Fasting

5 And whenever you pray, you should not be as the hypocrites; for they are fond of being in the synagogues, and in the corners of the squares standing to pray, so that they should appear to the men. Amen, I say to you that they receive their wage. 6 But you, whenever you should pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having locked your door, pray to your father, to the one in the secret place; and your father, the one seeing in the secret place shall recompense to you in the open! 7 And praying, do not repeat over and over as the heathen; for they think that by the many words of theirs they shall be listened to. 8 You should not then be like them; [³knows ¹for ²your father] of what [²need ¹you have] before you ask him. 9 So then you pray! Our father, the one in the heavens, sanctify your name! 10 Let [²come ¹your kingdom]! Let [²come to pass ¹your will] as in heaven also upon the earth! 11 Our bread, the sufficient, give to us today! 12 And forgive us our debts! as also we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not insert us for a test, but rescue us from the wicked one! For of you is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, into the eons, amen. 14 For if you should forgive men their transgressions, [⁴shall also forgive ⁵you ³father ¹your ²heavenly]. 15 But if you should not forgive men their transgressions, not even [⁴father ²your ³heavenly ¹shall] forgive your transgressions. 16 And whenever you should fast, be not as the hypocrites, looking downcast! for they obliterate their faces, so as to appear to men as fasting. Amen I say to you, that they receive their wage. 17 But you, fasting, anoint your head, and [²your face ¹wash]! 18 so that you should not appear to men as fasting, but to your father, to the one in the secret. And your father, the one seeing in the secret, shall recompense to you in the open.

Treasures in Heaven

19 Treasure not to yourself treasures upon the earth! where moth and rust obliterate, and where thieves dig through and steal. 20 But treasure up to yourself treasures in heaven! where neither moth nor rust obliterate, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal. 21 For where [²is ¹your treasure], there will be also your heart. 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If then your eye should be sincere, [²entire ³body ¹your ⁵giving light ⁴will be]. 23 But if your eye should be evil, [²entire ³body ¹your] will be dark. If then the light, the one in you, is darkness, [²the ³darkness ¹how great]? 24 No one is able [²two ³masters ¹to serve]; for the one he will detest, and the other love; or the one he will hold to, and the other he will disdain; you are not able to serve God and mammon.

Be Not Anxious

25 On account of this I say to you, Be not anxious for your life! what you should eat, and what you should drink; nor to your body, what you should put on. [²not ³life ⁴more ¹Is] than nourishment, and the body more than a garment? 26 Look at the birds of the heaven! for they do not sow, nor do they harvest, nor do they gather together into storehouses; and [³father ¹your ²heavenly] maintains them. Are you therefore rather different than them? 27 And who of you being anxious is able to add unto his stature [²cubit ¹one]? 28 And concerning a garment, why are you anxious? Study the lilies of the field! how they grow; they do not tire nor spin. 29 And I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these. 30 But if the grass of the field today is being, and tomorrow [²into ³an oven ¹is being thrown], and God so clothes them, will he not much rather you, O ones of little belief? 31 Do not then be anxious! saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what should be worn? 32 For all these things the nations seek anxiously. [⁵knows ¹For ⁴father ²your ³heavenly] that you need these things all together. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness! and all these things will be added to you. 34 You should not then be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow shall be anxious for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil of it.