# Matthew 6 (New King James Version)
Do Good to Please God

##### Chapter 6
###### 1 **"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.**  
###### 2 **Therefore,** **when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.**  
###### 3 **But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,**  
###### 4 **that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret** **will Himself reward you** **openly.**The Model Prayer

###### 5 **"And when you pray, you shall not be like the** **hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.**  
###### 6 **But you, when you pray,** **go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who _is_ in the secret _place;_ and your Father who sees in secret will reward you** **openly.**  
###### 7 **And when you pray,** **do not use vain repetitions as the heathen _do._** **For they think that they will be heard for their many words.**

###### 8 **"Therefore do not be like them. For your Father** **knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.**  
###### 9 **In this** **manner, therefore, pray:**
**Our Father in heaven,**  
**Hallowed be Your** **name.**  

###### 10 **Your kingdom come.**  
**Your will be done**  
**On earth** **as _it is_ in heaven.**  

###### 11 **Give us this day our** **daily bread.**  

###### 12 **And** **forgive us our debts,**  
**As we forgive our debtors.**  

###### 13 **And do not lead us into temptation,**  
**But** **deliver us from the evil one.**  
**For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.**

###### 14 **"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.**  
###### 15 **But** **if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.**Fasting to Be Seen Only by God

###### 16 **"Moreover,** **when you fast, do not be like the** **hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.**  
###### 17 **But you, when you fast,** **anoint your head and wash your face,**  
###### 18 **so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who _is_ in the secret _place;_ and your Father who sees in secret will reward you** **openly.**Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

###### 19 **"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;**  
###### 20 **but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.**  
###### 21 **For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.**The Lamp of the Body

###### 22 **"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is** **good, your whole body will be full of light.**  
###### 23 **But if your eye is** **bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great _is_ that darkness!**You Cannot Serve God and Riches

###### 24 **"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.** **You cannot serve God and** **mammon.**Do Not Worry

###### 25 **"Therefore I say to you,** **do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?**  
###### 26 **Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?**  
###### 27 **Which of you by worrying can add one** **cubit to his** **stature?**

###### 28 **"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;**  
###### 29 **and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not** **arrayed like one of these.**  
###### 30 **Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, _will He_ not much more _clothe_ you, O you of little faith?**

###### 31 **"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'**  
###### 32 **For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.**  
###### 33 **But** **seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.**  
###### 34 **Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day _is_ its own trouble.**