13:1 Verily, verily, I say that I would that ye should do alms unto the
poor; but take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of
them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father who is in heaven.
13:2 Therefore, when ye shall do your alms do not sound a trumpet
before you, as will 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.
13:3 But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth;
13:4 That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in
secret, himself shall reward thee openly.
13:5 And when thou prayest thou shalt not do as the hypocrites, 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.
13:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou
hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy
Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
13:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen, for
they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
13:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of before ye ask him.
13:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
13:10 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
13:11 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13:12 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
13:13 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.
13:14 For, if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will
also forgive you;
13:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses.
13:16 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.
13:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
13:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father, who
is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly.
13:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal;
13:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal.
13:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
13:22 The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be
single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
13:23 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!
13:24 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.
13:25 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words he
looked upon the twelve whom he had chosen, and said unto them: Remember
the words which I have spoken. For behold, ye are they whom I have
chosen to minister unto this people. 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?
13:26 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?
13:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature?
13:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the
field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;
13:29 And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was
not arrayed like one of these.
13:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today
is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, even so will he clothe you, if
ye are not of little faith.
13:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What
shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
13:32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things.
13:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and
all these things shall be added unto you.
13:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the
evil thereof.