Matthew 6

Teaching about Charity

6"Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.G4337G4160G3361G5216G1654G1715G444G4314G2300G846G1490G2192G3756G3408G3844G5216G3962G3588G1722G37722"So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.G3767G3752G4160G1654G4537G3361G4537G1715G4675G5618G5273G4160G1722G4864G2532G1722G4505G3704G1392G5259G444G281G3004G5213G568G846G34083But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it.G1161G4675G4160G1654G1097G3361G4675G710G1097G5101G4675G1188G41604Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.G3704G4675G1654G5600G1722G2927G2532G4675G3962G3588G991G1722G2927G846G591G4671G1722G5318

Teaching about Prayer

5"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.G2532G3752G4336G2071G3756G2071G5618G5273G3754G5368G4336G2476G1722G4864G2532G1722G1137G4113G3704G302G5316G444G281G3004G5213G3754G568G846G34086But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.G1161G4771G3752G4336G1525G1519G4675G5009G2532G2808G4675G2374G4336G4675G3962G3588G1722G2927G2532G4675G3962G3588G991G1722G2927G591G4671G1722G53187"When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long.G1161G4336G945G3361G945G5618G1482G1063G1380G3754G1522G1722G846G41808Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him.G3666G3361G3666G3767G3666G846G1063G5216G3962G1492G3739G2192G5532G4253G5209G154G8469This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored;G3779G3767G4336G5210G2257G3962G3588G1722G3772G37G4675G368610may your Kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.G4675G932G2064G4675G2307G1096G1909G1093G2532G5613G1722G377211Give us today the food we need.G1325G2254G4594G2257G1967G74012Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.G2532G863G2254G2257G3783G2532G5613G2249G863G2257G378113Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.'G2532G1533G2248G3361G1519G3986G235G4506G2248G575G4190G3754G4675G2076G932G2532G1411G2532G1391G1519G165G28114"If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.G1063G1437G863G444G846G3900G5216G3770G3962G2532G863G521315But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.G1161G3362G863G3362G444G846G3900G3761G5216G3962G863G5216G3900

Teaching about Fasting

16"And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.G1161G3752G3522G1096G3361G5618G5273G4659G1063G853G846G4383G3704G5316G444G3522G281G3004G5213G3754G568G846G340817When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair,G1161G4771G3522G218G4675G2776G2532G3538G4675G438318so that others cannot know that you are fasting - -only your Father, who is unseen, will know. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.G3704G5316G3361G444G3522G235G4675G3962G3588G1722G2927G2532G4675G3962G3588G991G1722G2927G591G4671G1722G5318

Riches in Heaven

19"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.G2343G3361G2343G5213G2344G1909G1093G3699G4597G2532G1035G853G2532G3699G2812G1358G2532G281320Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.G1161G2343G5213G2344G1722G3772G3699G3777G4597G3777G1035G853G2532G3699G2812G1358G3756G1358G3761G281321For your heart will always be where your riches are.G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G2532

The Light of the Body

22"The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be full of light;G3088G4983G2076G3788G1437G3767G4675G3788G5600G573G4675G3650G4983G2071G546023but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!G1161G1437G4675G3788G5600G4190G4675G3650G4983G2071G4652G1487G3767G5457G2076G1722G4671G4655G4214G4655

God and Possessions

24"You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.G3762G1410G1398G1417G2962G1063G2228G3404G1520G2532G25G2087G2228G472G1520G2532G2706G2087G3756G1410G1398G2316G2532G312625"This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?G1223G5124G3004G5213G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G2532G5101G4095G3366G5216G4983G5101G1746G2076G3780G5590G4119G5160G2532G4983G174226Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren't you worth much more than birds?G1689G1519G4071G3772G3754G4687G3756G3761G2325G3761G4863G1519G596G2532G5216G3770G3962G5142G846G1308G5210G3756G3123G1308G84627Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?G1161G1537G5101G5216G3309G1410G4369G1520G4083G1909G846G224428"And why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow: they do not work or make clothes for themselves.G2532G5101G3309G4012G1742G2648G2918G68G4459G837G2872G3756G3761G351429But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.G1161G3004G5213G3754G3761G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G513030It is God who clothes the wild grass - -grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!G1161G1487G2316G3779G294G5528G68G4594G5607G2532G839G906G1519G2823G3756G4183G3123G5209G364031"So do not start worrying: 'Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?'G3767G3361G3309G3004G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2228G5101G401632(These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.G1063G1934G3956G5023G1484G1934G1063G5216G3770G3962G1492G3754G5535G537G513033Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.G1161G2212G4412G932G2316G2532G846G1343G2532G3956G5023G4369G521334So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.G3309G3767G3361G3309G1519G839G1063G839G3309G3588G1438G713G2250G2549G846