Giving to the Needy
1“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Prayer
5“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9“This, then, is how you should pray:
“ ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
but deliver us from the evil one.6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’
14For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Fasting
16“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Treasures in Heaven
19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous. your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eyes are unhealthy,6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy. your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Do Not Worry
25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life6:27 Or single cubit to your height?
28“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
論賙濟窮人
1「你們要小心，行義的時候不可張揚，故意叫人看見，否則就不能得你們天父的賞賜了。
2「因此，賙濟窮人的時候，不要大吹大擂，像那些偽君子在會堂和街市上所行的一樣，以博取人們的讚賞。我實在告訴你們，他們得到的賞賜僅此而已。 3你們賙濟窮人的時候，右手所做的別叫左手知道， 4要不聲不響地去做。這樣，鑒察隱祕事的天父必賞賜你們。
論禱告
5「你們禱告時，不要像偽君子那樣。他們喜歡站在會堂裡和十字路口上公開禱告，故意讓人看見。我實在告訴你們，他們得到的賞賜不過是人的讚賞。 6你們禱告的時候，要進入內室，關上門，向你們肉眼看不見的父祈禱，鑒察隱祕事的父必賞賜你們。
7「你們禱告時不可像外族人那樣喋喋不休，他們以為長篇大論，就必蒙垂聽。 8不可像他們那樣，因為在你們祈求以前，你們的父已經知道你們的需要了。
9「你們應當這樣禱告，
「『我們天上的父，
願你的聖名被尊崇，
10願你的國度降臨，
願你的旨意在地上成就，就像在天上成就一樣。
11求你今天賜給我們日用的飲食。
12饒恕我們的罪，
就像我們饒恕了得罪我們的人。
13不要讓我們陷入誘惑，
救我們脫離那惡者。
因為國度、權柄、榮耀都是你的，直到永遠。阿們！』
14「如果你們饒恕別人的過犯，你們的天父也必饒恕你們的過犯。 15如果你們不饒恕別人的過犯，你們的天父也不會饒恕你們的過犯。
論禁食
16「你們禁食的時候，不要像偽君子那樣愁眉苦臉，因為他們故意蓬頭垢面，好讓別人知道他們在禁食。我實在告訴你們，他們得到的賞賜不過是人的讚賞。 17你禁食的時候要梳頭洗臉， 18不叫人們看出你在禁食，只讓你肉眼看不見的父知道，鑒察隱祕事的父必賞賜你。
論積財
19「不要為自己在世上積攢財寶，世上有蟲子咬，會生銹，又有賊闖進來偷。 20你們要把財寶積攢在天上，天上沒有蟲子咬，不會生銹，也沒有賊闖進來偷。 21要知道，你的財寶在哪裡，你的心也在哪裡。
22「眼睛是身體的燈。你的眼睛若明亮，全身就光明； 23你的眼睛若昏花6·23 「昏花」或作「邪惡」。，全身就黑暗。如果你裡面的光黑暗了，那黑暗是多麼大啊！
24「一個人不能服侍兩位主人，因為他不是恨這位、愛那位，就是重這位、輕那位。你們不能又事奉上帝，又事奉金錢。
不要憂慮衣食
25「所以我告訴你們，不要為生活憂慮，比如吃什麼、喝什麼，也不要為身體憂慮，比如穿什麼。難道生命不比飲食重要嗎？身體不比穿著重要嗎？
26「你們看天上的飛鳥，牠們不種，不收，也不在倉裡積存糧食，你們的天父尚且養活牠們，難道你們還不如飛鳥貴重嗎？ 27你們誰能用憂慮使自己多活片刻呢？
28「何必為穿著憂慮呢？你們看看野地的百合花是如何生長的，它們既不勞苦，也不紡織。 29但我告訴你們，就連所羅門王最顯赫時的穿戴還不如一朵百合花！ 30你們的信心太小了！野地的草今天還在，明天就被扔進爐中，上帝還這樣裝扮它們，何況你們呢？ 31所以，你們不要憂慮『吃什麼？喝什麼？穿什麼？』 32因為這些都是外族人的追求，你們的天父知道你們的需要。
33「你們要先尋求上帝的國和祂的義，這一切都會賜給你們。 34所以，不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮，一天的難處一天擔就夠了。
