Matthew 6

Matthew 6:1

• “Be careful
• “Beware of
• Take care
• “Take care

• not to practice
• practicing
• not to perform

• your

• righteousness before
• righteousness’ before

• men to
• men, to
• people, to
• people to

• be seen by

• them.
• them;

• Otherwise
• otherwise,
• Otherwise,
• otherwise

• you

• have no
• will have no

• reward from
• reward with

• your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:2

• “Thus, when
• ‘Thus, when
• “So when

• you give to the poor, do

• not
• n’t

• sound a
• blow a

• trumpet before

• you as the
• you, as the

• hypocrites

• do in the
• do in

• synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be

• praised by
• honored by

• men.
• others.

• Truly
• Truly,

• I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you,
• you:
• you the

• they
• They
• truth. They
• truth, they

• have
• have received

• their reward in

• full!
• full.

Matthew 6:3

• So when you

• give to the
• give
• give to

• poor,
• needy,
• charity,
• alms,

• do

• not
• n’t

• let

• your left hand
• anyone

• know what

• you
• your right

• is
• are

• doing,
• doing
• doing;
• doing.

Matthew 6:4

• so that
• your
• Your
• Then

• your giving
• giving
• your almsgiving

• may
• will
• should

• be in
• be
• be done in

• secret; and
• secret, and
• secret. And
• secret,
• secret.

• your
• Your
• Then your
• then your

• Father, who
• Father who

• sees what

• is
• you

• done in
• do in

• secret,
• secret
• secret, and he

• will

• reward
• repay

• you.
• you openly.

Matthew 6:5

• “When you
• And, when you
• “And when you
• And when you
• “Whenever you

• pray, you

• must
• shall
• are

• not
• n’t
• not to

• be like the
• be like
• be as the

• hypocrites. For
• hypocrites: for
• hypocrites, for
• hypocrites; for
• hypocrites.
• hypocrites, because

• they
• They

• love to

• stand and
• stand up and

• pray in the

• synagogues and on
• synagogues and on the
• synagogues and at the

• street

• corners so that
• corners, that
• corners that

• they may be seen by

• men.
• people.
• others.

• Truly
• Truly,

• I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you,
• you the

• they
• They

• have received their

• reward!
• reward.
• reward in full!
• reward in full.
• reward already.

Matthew 6:6

• But when you
• “When you
• When you
• But you, when you
• But whenever you

• pray,

• go into
• go to
• enter into

• your
• your inner
• your private

• room,
• room, and
• room and

• shut your

• door, and
• door and
• door.
• door,

• Pray to
• pray to

• your

• Father Who
• Father, who
• Father who
• father who

• is in
• is

• secret; and
• secret, and
• secret. And

• your

• Father Who
• father, who
• Father, who
• Father who
• Father

• sees in
• sees what is done in
• sees

• secret,
• secret

• will

• reward
• repay

• you.
• you openly.

Matthew 6:7

• “When you pray,
• When you pray,
• “And when you pray,
• And when you pray,
• “And when you are praying,
• In praying,

• donot use vain

• repetitions as the
• repetitions, as the

• Gentiles

• do. For
• do: for
• do, for
• do; for
• do.

• they
• They

• think that
• think

• they

• will
• ’ll
• shall

• be

• heard for
• heard because of

• their

• many
• much

• words.
• speaking.

Matthew 6:8

• Do
• “Therefore do
• Therefore do
• So do

• not
• n’t

• be like
• imitate

• them. For
• them; for
• them, for
• them.
• them;
• them, because

• your
• Your

• Father,
• father
• Father

• knows what
• knows the things

• you need before you ask.

Matthew 6:9

• “Pray like this: ‘
• Pray like this:
• Pray like this: ‘
• Pray then like this: ‘
• Pray then like this: “

• Our

• Father in
• father in
• Father, who is in
• Father who is in

• heaven, may
• heaven, May
• heaven: May
• heaven, we pray that
• heaven, let

• your
• Your

• name
• name will

• be kept
• always be kept
• be held

• holy,
• holy.

Matthew 6:10

• May Your
• “May your
• may your
• May your
• your
• ‘Your
• Your
• Let your

• kingdom.
• kingdom
• Kingdom

• come;
• come.
• come,

• your
• Your
• may your
• May your
• Let your

• will be

• done, On
• done on
• done—on
• done On
• done, on
• done, as in
• done As in
• done here on
• done, here on

• earth, as it is in
• earth as it is in
• earth as in
• earth, as in
• earth as it is done in
• heaven,

• heaven.
• so on earth.

Matthew 6:11

• “Give
• Give
• ‘Give

• us today
• us this day
• us

• our food for today.

Matthew 6:12

• and forgive
• And forgive
• Forgive

• us our

• sins, as we
• sins as we

• have forgiven those who sin against

• us;
• us.

Matthew 6:13

• ‘And do
• And do
• and do
• Do
• ‘Do

• not
• n’t

• bring
• lead
• let

• us into
• us to the
• us
• us to

• temptation, But
• temptation, but
• be tempted, but

• deliver
• rescue
• save

• us from the
• us from

• evil one.’
• Evil One.
• Evil One.’
• evil one.
• evil.’
• evil.

Matthew 6:14

• “For if you
• ‘For, if you
• For, if you
• For if you
• ‘If you
• “If you
• If you
• “Yes: if you
• ‘Yes, if you
• Yes, if you

• forgive

• others
• men
• people
• others for the
• others for

• their

• sins,
• trespasses,
• offenses,
• transgressions,

• your heavenly

• father
• Father

• will also
• will
• also will

• forgive

• you.
• you,
• you;
• you as well.

Matthew 6:15

• but if you
• But if you
• but, if you

• do

• not
• n’t

• forgive

• men their trespasses, neither
• others, neither
• people, neither

• will your Father forgive your

• sins.
• trespasses.
• offenses.
• transgressions.

Matthew 6:16

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 6:17

• “But when you
• But when you
• But you, when you
• When you

• fast, anoint
• fast, put oil on
• fast, comb

• your

• head, and
• head and
• hair and

• wash your

• face
• face.
• face;
• face,

Matthew 6:18

• so that your
• So that your

• fasting

• may
• will

• not be

• noticed by
• seen by

• men but by
• men, but by
• others but by

• your

• Father, who
• Father, Who
• Father who

• is in

• secret; and
• secret, and
• secret. And

• your

• father, who
• Father, Who
• Father, who
• Father who

• sees in
• sees what is done in

• secret,
• secret
• private,

• will

• reward
• repay

• you.
• you.’

Matthew 6:19

• Do
• ‘Do
• “Do
• “Stop

• not store up for
• n’t store up
• not lay up for
• not store up

• yourselves
• treasures for

• treasures on
• yourselves on
• treasure on

• earth where
• earth, where

• moth and
• moths and

• rust

• destroy, and where
• destroy and where
• destroy and
• destroy, and
• consume, and where
• consume and where

• thieves

• break in and
• break through and

• steal,
• steal;
• steal.
• steal them.
• steal it.

Matthew 6:20

• but store up for
• But store up for
• but lay up for
• But store up

• yourselves treasures in

• heaven, where neither
• heaven, where
• heaven!
• heaven.

• Moths and
• moths and
• moth and

• rust

• do
• can

• not

• destroy and
• destroy, and
• destroy, and where
• destroy and where

• thieves

• do
• can

• not
• n’t

• break in and
• break in or
• break through and

• steal;
• steal.
• steal them.

Matthew 6:21

• For where your
• for where your
• For wherever your

• treasure
• riches

• is, there your heart will be

• also.’
• also.

Matthew 6:22

• “The eye
• The eye

• is the

• lamp of the
• lamp for the

• body. If your

• eye
• eyes

• is
• are
• be

• good.
• good,
• healthy,
• sound,
• clear,
• unclouded,

• your
• Then your
• then your

• whole body

• will
• shall

• be

• full of
• filled with

• light;
• light.
• light,

Matthew 6:23

• but, if your
• but if your
• But if your
• But when your
• But if yours
• but if yours

• eye
• eyes

• is
• are

• bad,
• bad.
• evil,
• diseased,
• unhealthy,

• your whole body

• will
• shall

• be full of darkness. If

• then the
• therefore the
• therefore, the

• light in
• light that
• light inside
• light within
• light

• you
• is in you

• is darkness, how great

• is the
• is that
• is

• darkness.
• darkness!

Matthew 6:24

• “No one
• ‘No one
• No one
• “You
• You
• ‘No man
• No man

• can
• cannot
• is able to

• serve two
• be the slave of two
• be a slave of two

• masters, for either
• masters. For either
• masters; for either
• masters:
• masters!
• masters;
• masters.
• masters. Either

• He
• he
• you
• You

• will
• will either

• hate the one, and
• hate the one and
• hate one and

• love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the

• other.
• other;
• second.

• you
• You

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• serve
• serve both

• God and
• God and of

• Money.
• money.
• wealth.
• money at the same time.”
• money at the same time.
• Money at the same time.
• mammon.

Matthew 6:25

• Therefore
• “Therefore
• “Therefore,

• I

• tell
• say to

• you, ‘
• you,
• you:

• Do
• do

• not
• n’t
• not to

• worry about
• be anxious about
• be anxious for

• your

• life, what
• life: what

• you

• will
• shall

• eat, or what
• eat or what

• you

• will
• shall

• drink; or about
• drink, or about
• drink; nor about
• drink, nor about
• drink; nor for
• drink, nor for

• your

• body—what
• body, what

• you

• will
• shall

• wear.
• put on.

• Is

• n’t
• not
• not the

• life

• more than
• more than the
• more important than

• food and the
• food, and the

• body

• more than
• more important than

• clothing!
• clothing?
• clothes.
• clothes?

Matthew 6:26

• Look at the
• “Look at the

• birds of the
• birds in the

• air;
• air:
• air,

• they neither

• sow, nor
• sow nor
• sow, or
• sow or

• reap, nor
• reap nor
• reap, or
• reap or

• gather into
• gather

• barns.
• barns,
• barns;
• barns, and
• barns; and

• yet
• Yet,
• Yet

• your heavenly Father feeds

• them!
• them.

• Are you

• not of
• not

• more
• much more

• value than
• valuable than

• they?

Matthew 6:27

• And which of you by
• “Which of you, by
• Which of you by

• being anxious
• being anxious,
• worrying

• can add a single

• hour to
• cubit to
• moment to

• his
• your

• life?
• life by worrying?
• lifespan?
• life-span?
• height?
• span of life?

Matthew 6:28

• “And why do you worry about
• And why do you worry about
• And why worry about
• “And why worry about

• clothes?
• clothing?

• See how the flowers grow in the

• fields.
• fields;

• they
• They

• do

• not
• n’t

• work or
• labor or

• spin:
• spin.
• spin;
• spin,
• make cloth.

Matthew 6:29

• But I
• but I
• yet I
• Yet I
• and yet I
• and yet, I

• tell
• say to

• you, that
• you that
• you.
• you,

• Not
• not

• even

• Solomon in all
• Solomon in all of

• his

• glory
• splendor
• wealth

• was not
• was

• clothed like one of these!
• clothed like one of these.
• dressed like one of these.
• arrayed like one of these.

Matthew 6:30

• But if God
• Now if God

• so clothes the

• grass of the
• grass in the

• field, which today is

• alive and
• alive, and

• tomorrow

• is
• it’s

• thrown into the

• oven,
• furnace,

• will

• He
• he

• not much more clothe you, O you of little

• faith?
• faith!

Matthew 6:31

• So do
• “So do
• “Therefore do
• Therefore, do
• Therefore do
• Do
• “Do
• ‘So then, do
• So then, do

• not
• n’t

• worry and
• be anxious,
• worry
• worry,
• ask

• saying, What
• saying, ‘What
• say, “What
• say, ‘What
• anxiously, “What
• anxiously ‘What

• will
• shall
• are

• we
• we to
• we going to

• eat?’ or ‘What
• eat?’ or, ‘What
• eat? or, What
• eat?’ Or, ‘What
• eat?” “What
• eat? What

• will
• shall
• are

• we
• we to
• we going to

• drink?’ Or, ‘What
• drink?’ or ‘What
• drink? or, What
• drink?’ or, ‘What
• drink? What
• drink?” and “What
• drink?’ and ‘What
• drink?’ or, ‘With what

• will
• shall
• are

• we
• we to

• wear?”
• wear?’
• wear?
• wear? ,’
• be clothed?’
• be clothed?

Matthew 6:32

• for the Gentiles
• For the Gentiles
• for the pagans
• For the pagans

• seek after all these
• eagerly seek all these

• things.
• things; and
• things, and
• things; for
• things. For

• your
• Your

• heavenly

• father
• Father

• knows that
• knows

• you

• need
• need all these

• them.
• things.
• them all.

Matthew 6:33

• But seek first

• his
• His

• kingdom and

• his righteousness, and all these
• his righteousness; and all these
• His righteousness, and all these
• righteousness, and all these

• things

• will
• shall

• be

• given to
• added to
• given
• yours
• provided for

• you.
• you as well.
• as well.

Matthew 6:34

• ‘So
• “So
• So
• Therefore
• Therefore,
• “Therefore

• do

• not worry about
• n’t worry about
• not be anxious about

• tomorrow.
• tomorrow;
• tomorrow:
• tomorrow, for
• tomorrow; for
• tomorrow, because

• tomorrow
• Tomorrow

• will
• can

• worry about
• take care of
• be anxious for

• itself. Each day has enough trouble of its

• own.
• own.’