The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Gospel according toSt. Matthew
St. Matthew 6
Jesus’ Teaching on Almsgiving | |||||
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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: Mt. 23.5 otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. | ||||
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¶ Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. | ||||
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: | ||||
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that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. | ||||
Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer | |||||
Lk. 11.2-4 | |||||
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¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Lk. 18.10-14 Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. | ||||
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But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. | ||||
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¶ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. | ||||
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. | ||||
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After this manner therefore pray ye:
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Thy kingdom come.
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Give us this day our daily bread. | ||||
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And forgive us our debts,
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And lead us not into temptation,
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For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: | ||||
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but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Mk. 11.25, 26 | ||||
Jesus’ Teaching on Fasting | |||||
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¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. | ||||
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; | ||||
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that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. | ||||
Treasure in Heaven | |||||
Lk. 12.32-34 | |||||
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¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, Jas. 5.2, 3 and where thieves break through and steal: | ||||
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but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: | ||||
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for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. | ||||
The Light of the Body | |||||
Lk. 11.33-36 | |||||
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¶ The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. | ||||
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But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! | ||||
God and Mammon | |||||
Lk. 16.13 | |||||
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¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. | ||||
Care and Anxiety | |||||
Lk. 12.22-31 | |||||
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¶ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? | ||||
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Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? | ||||
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? | ||||
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And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: | ||||
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and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory 1 Kgs. 10.4-7 · 2 Chr. 9.3-6 was not arrayed like one of these. | ||||
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Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? | ||||
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Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? | ||||
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(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. | ||||
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. | ||||
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¶ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. |
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