Thematic Bible

Matthew 6:1

"Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them, otherwise at least ye have no reward with your Father Who is in Heaven.

Matthew 6:2

When, therefore, you are doing alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

Matthew 6:3

But, when you are doing alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Matthew 6:4

that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, Who seeth in secret, will recompense you.

Matthew 6:5

"And, when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: verily I say to you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:6

But when you pray, enter into your closet; and, having closed your door, pray to your Father Who is in secret; and your Father Who seeth in secret will recompense you.

Matthew 6:7

"And, when praying, use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think that for their much speaking they shall be heard.

Matthew 6:8

Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need before ye ask Him.

Matthew 6:9

Thus, therefore, pray ye: 'Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.

Matthew 6:10

Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth.

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 6:13

And bring us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.'

Matthew 6:14

"For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you;

Matthew 6:15

but, if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:16

"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

Matthew 6:17

But, when fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,

Matthew 6:18

that you appear not to men to be fasting, but to your Father Who is in secret; and your Father Who seeth in secret will recompense you.

Matthew 6:19

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;

Matthew 6:20

but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where theives do not break through, nor steal;

Matthew 6:21

for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew 6:22

"The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be full of light;

Matthew 6:23

but, if your eye be evil, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light that is in you be darkness, how great the darkness!

Matthew 6:24

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

Matthew 6:25

Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink; nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye much more valuable than they?

Matthew 6:27

And who of you, by being anxious, can add to his stature one cubit?

Matthew 6:28

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

Matthew 6:29

but I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these.

Matthew 6:30

And, if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith!

Matthew 6:31

Be not, therefore, anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink!' or 'What shall we put on?'

Matthew 6:32

For after all these things the nations are seeking; for your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Matthew 6:34

Be not, therefore, anxious for the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.