{"id":1951,"date":"2014-11-03T02:21:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat06\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:20:37","slug":"mat06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat06\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 6<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Take 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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Therefore when thou doest <span class=\"add\">thine<\/span> 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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites <span class=\"add\">are:<\/span> 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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen <span class=\"add\">do:<\/span> for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> in heaven. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Give us this day our daily bread. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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 <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> that darkness!<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, <span class=\"add\">shall he<\/span> not much more <span class=\"add\">clothe<\/span> you, O ye of little faith? <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V33\">33\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V34\">34\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> the evil thereof.<\/span> <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Matthew Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat28\">28<\/a>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 1\u00a0 Take 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. 2\u00a0 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. 3\u00a0 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4\u00a0 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5\u00a0 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. 6\u00a0 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. 7\u00a0 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8\u00a0 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9\u00a0 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10\u00a0 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11\u00a0 Give us this day our daily bread. 12\u00a0 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13\u00a0 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newconvenant","tag-matthew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}