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Sermon On The Mount; The Lords Prayer

Matthew 6:1 - 34 (NASB) CHAPTER 6Giving to the Poor and Prayer6 1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men aMatt 6:5, 16; 23:5to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2“So when you [X]Or give alms give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they aMatt 6:5, 16; 23:5 may be honored by men. bMatt 6:5, 16; Luke 6:24Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 3“But when you [Y]Or give almsgive to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your [Z]Or alms giving will be in secret; and aJer 17:10; Matt 6:6, 18; Heb 4:13your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 5“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to aMark 11:25; Luke 18:11, 13 stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners [A]Lit to be apparent to men bMatt 6:1, 16 so that they may be seen by men. cMatt 6:2, 16; Luke 6:24Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6“But you, when you pray, aIs 26:20; Matt 26:36-39; Acts 9:40 go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and bMatt 6:4, 18your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their a1 Kin 18:26fmany words. 8“So do not be like them; for aPs 38:9; 69:17-19; Matt 6:32; Luke 12:30your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9“aMatt 6:9-13: Luke 11:2-4Pray, then, in this way:   ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10‘aMatt 3:2; 4:17 Your kingdom come. bMatt 26:42; Luke 22:42; Acts 21:14Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 11‘aProv 30:8; Is 33:16; Luke 11:3Give us this day [B]Or our bread for tomorrow our daily bread. 12‘And aEx 34:7; Ps 32:1; 130:4; Matt 9:2; 26:28; Eph 1:7; 1 John 1:7-9forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13‘And do not lead us into temptation, but aJohn 17:15; 1 Cor 10:13; 2 Thess 3:3; 2 Tim 4:18; 2 Pet 2:9; 1 John 5:18 deliver us from [C]Or the evil one bMatt 5:37evil. [D]This clause not found in early mss [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."]   14“aMatt 7:2; Mark 11:25f; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13For if you forgive [E]Gr anthropoi others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15“But aMatt 18:35if you do not forgive [F]Gr anthropoi others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth (Mammon) 16“aIs 58:5 Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they [G]Lit distort their faces, i.e. discolor their faces with makeup neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. bMatt 6:2Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 17“But you, when you fast, aRuth 3:3; 2 Sam 12:20anoint your head and wash your face 18so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your aMatt 6:4, 6Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 19“aProv 23:4; Matt 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33; 18:22; 1 Tim 6:9, 10; Heb 13:5; James 5:2Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20“But store up for yourselves aMatt 19:21; Luke 12:33; 1 Tim 6:19treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21for aLuke 12:34where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22“aMatt 6:22, 23: Luke 11:34, 35The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is [H]Or healthy; or sincere clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23“But if aMatt 20:15; Mark 7:22your eye is [I]Or evil bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24“a1 Kin 18:21; Luke 16:13; Gal 1:10; James 4:4 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [J]Gr mamonas, for Aram mamon (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship bLuke 16:9, 11, 13wealth. The Cure for Anxiety 25“aMatt 6:25-33: Luke 12:22-31 For this reason I say to you, [K]Or stop being worried do not be bMatt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7worried about your [L]Lit soul life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26“aJob 35:11; 38:41; Ps 104:27, 28; Matt 10:29ff; Luke 12:24Look at the birds of the [M]Lit heaven air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27“And who of you by being aMatt 6:25, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7 worried can bPs 39:5add a single [N]Lit cubit (approx 18 in.) hour to his [O]Or height life? 28“And why are you aMatt 6:25, 27, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I say to you that not even a1 Kin 10:4-7; 2 Chr 9:4-6, 20-22Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30“But if God so clothes the aJames 1:10, 11; 1 Pet 1:24 grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? bMatt 8:26; 14:31; 16:8You of little faith! 31“Do not aMatt 6:25, 27, 28, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32“For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for aMatt 6:8; Phil 4:19your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33“But [P]Or continually seek seek first [Q]Or the kingdom His kingdom and His righteousness, and aMatt 19:28; Mark 10:29f; Luke 18:29f; 1 Tim 4:8all these things will be [R]Or provided added to you. 34“So do not aMatt 6:25, 27, 28, 31; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will [S]Lit worry about itself care for itself. [T]Lit Sufficient for the day is its evils Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:1 - 34 (NASB)