Matthew 6:1-18

Darby Translation

6 Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

² When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

³ But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

⁴ so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

⁶ But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

⁸ Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.

⁹ Thus therefore pray *ye*: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,

¹⁰ let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;

¹¹ give us to-day our needed bread,

¹² and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,

¹³ and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours],

¹⁵ but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

¹⁷ But *thou*, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

¹⁸ so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render [it] to thee.