Giving to the Needy
(Deuteronomy 15:7–11)

1“ And beware not to do your⁺ righteousness† before men in order to be seen by them. Otherwise, you⁺ have no reward from your⁺ Father who is in the heavens.

2Therefore, when you may do charity, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you⁺, they have their reward in full. 3But in your doing charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your charity may be in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will reward to you.†

The Lord’s Prayer
(Luke 11:1–4)

5And when you⁺ may pray, you⁺ shall not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they might be seen by men. Truly I say to you⁺, they have their reward in full. 6But you, when you may pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father, the One in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will reward to you.†

7And praying, do not use vain repetitions like the Gentiles, for they think that in their many words they will be heard. 8Therefore do not be like them, for your⁺ Father† knows of what things you⁺ have need before your⁺ asking Him.

9Therefore pray you⁺ this way:

‘Our Father who is in the heavens,

hallowed be Your name.

10Your kingdom come.

Your will be done,

as in heaven, also upon earth.

11Give us today our necessary bread.

12And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven† our debtors.

13And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.†’

14For if you⁺ forgive men their trespasses, your⁺ heavenly Father will also forgive you⁺. 15But if you⁺ do not forgive men their trespasses,† neither will your⁺ Father forgive your⁺ trespasses.

Proper Fasting

16And when you⁺ may fast, do not be as the hypocrites, gloomy-faced; for they disfigure their faces so that they might appear to men as fasting. Truly I say to you⁺, they have their reward in full. 17But you, fasting, anoint your head and wash your face, 18so that you might not appear to men as fasting, but to your Father, the One in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will reward you.†

Treasures in Heaven
(Luke 12:32–34)

19Do not treasure up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust† disfigure, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But treasure up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust disfigure, and where thieves do not break in, nor do they steal. 21For where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

The Lamp of the Body
(Luke 11:33–36)

22The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound,† your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eye is evil,† your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and he will love the other, or he will hold to one and he will despise the other. You⁺ are not able to serve God and mammon.

Do Not Worry
(Luke 12:22–31)

25Because of this I say to you⁺, do not be anxious for your⁺ life, what you⁺ might eat or† what you⁺ might drink, nor for your⁺ body, what you⁺ might put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor do they gather into barns, and your⁺ heavenly Father feeds them. Are you⁺ not much more valuable than they? 27And who of you⁺, being anxious, is able to add to his lifespan one cubit?†

28And why are you⁺ anxious about clothing? Consider carefully the lilies of the field, how they grow: They do not labor, nor do they spin. 29Yet I say to you⁺ that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 30But if God thus clothes the grass of the field, being today and tomorrow being thrown into the furnace, will He not much more you⁺, O little of faith?

31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘With what shall we be clothed?’ 32For the nations seek after all these things. For your⁺ heavenly Father knows that you⁺ have need of all of these. 33But seek first the kingdom of God† and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you⁺.

34Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.† Sufficient to the day is its evil.

Footnotes:

1 BYZ and TR charitable acts or alms
4 BYZ and TR will Himself reward you
6 BYZ and TR will reward you openly
8 WH God your Father
12 BYZ and TR forgive
13 Or from evil; Greek apo tou ponērou, literally, from the evil, where evil is singular, is variously interpreted as referring to evil in general or a specific evil entity. BYZ and TR include For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
15 NA and SBL if you do not forgive men
18 GOC and TR will reward you openly
19 Or worm; also in verse 20
22 Or if your eye is good; see Proverbs 22:9
23 Or if your eye is bad; see Proverbs 23:6 and Proverbs 28:22
25 BYZ and TR and
27 Or to his height one cubit; a cubit in reference to time is a small unit of time; in reference to length it is approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters.
33 SBL, WH, and NE seek first His kingdom; see also Luke 12:31.
34 BYZ and TR will be anxious for the things of itself