The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Matthew 06
1 “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable
giving† before men, to be seen by
them, or else you have no reward from
your Father who is in heaven.
2 Therefore, when you do merciful
deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before
yourself, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets, that they
may get glory from men. Most certainly I
tell you, they have received their reward.
3 But when you do merciful deeds, don’t
let your left hand know what your right
hand does,
4 so that your merciful deeds may be in
secret, then your Father who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
5 “When you pray, you 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 by
men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have
received their reward.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your
inner room, and having shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in secret; and
your Father who sees in secret will reward
you openly.
7 In praying, don’t use vain repetitions
as the Gentiles do; for they think that they
will be heard for their much speaking.
8 Therefore don’t be like them, for your
Father knows what things you need before
you ask him.
9 Pray like this: “ ‘Our Father in
heaven, may your name be kept holy.
10 Let your Kingdom come. Let 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 forgive our debtors.
13 Bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and
the glory forever. Amen.’‡
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you don’t forgive men their t
respasses, neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.
16 “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like
the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they
disfigure their faces that they may be seen
by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell
you, they have received their reward.
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your
head and wash your face,
18 so that you are not seen by men to be
fasting, but by your Father who is in secret;
and your Father, who sees in secret, will
reward you.
19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves
on the earth, where moth and rust consume,
and where thieves break through
and steal;
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
consume, and where thieves don’t break
through and steal;
21 for where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.
22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If
therefore your eye is sound, your whole
body will be full of light.
23 Butif your eye is evil, your whole body
will be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in you is darkness, how great
is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for
either he will hate the one and love the
other, or else he will be devoted to one and
despise the other. You can’t serve both God
and Mammon.
25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious
for your life: what you will eat, or what you
will drink; nor yet for your body, what you
will wear. Isn’tlife more than food, and the
body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t
sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them.
Aren’t you of much more value than they?
27 “Which of you by being anxious, can
add one moment§ to his lifespan?
28 Why are you anxious about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all
his glory was not dressed like one ofthese.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the
field, which today exists and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, won’t he much more
clothe you, you of little faith?
31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying,
‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’
or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these
things; for your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things.
33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his
righteousness; and all these things will be
given to you as well.
34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow,
for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Each day’s own evil is sufficient.