Chapter 6
Jesus continues the Sermon on the Mount—He teaches the disciples the Lord’s Prayer—They are commanded to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
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2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine
5 ¶And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy
7 But when ye pray, use not vain
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father
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10 Thy
11 Give us this day our daily
12 And forgive us our
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14 For if ye
15 But if ye
16 ¶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
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to
19 ¶Lay not up for yourselves
20 But lay up for yourselves
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine
23 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
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26 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?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment?
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father
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34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
