{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Gospel According to Saint Matthew<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 6<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,1,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">T<\/span>ake heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,2,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,3,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,4,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,5,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,6,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,7,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,8,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,9,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,10,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,11,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Give us this day our daily bread.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,12,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,13,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,14,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,15,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,16,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,17,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,18,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,19,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,20,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,21,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,22,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,23,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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!<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,24,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,25,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,26,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,27,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,28,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,29,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"30\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,30,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">30<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"31\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,31,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">31<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"32\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,32,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">32<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"33\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,33,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">33<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"34\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,6,34,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">34<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. 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