Matthew 6:16-24
English Standard Version
Fasting
16 “And (A)when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. (B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, (C)anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. (D)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 (E)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where (F)moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves (G)break in and steal, 20 (H)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 (I)“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 (J)but if (K)your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 (L)“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and (M)money.[b]
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- Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
- Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:16-24
SBL Greek New Testament
16 Ὅταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε [a]ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί, ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω [b]ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. 17 σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι, 18 ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ [c]κρυφαίῳ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ [d]κρυφαίῳ ἀποδώσει σοι.
19 Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσιν καὶ κλέπτουσιν· 20 θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν· 21 ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός [e]σου, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία [f]σου.
22 Ὁ λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός. ἐὰν οὖν [g]ᾖ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται· 23 ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. εἰ οὖν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος ἐστίν, τὸ σκότος πόσον.
24 Οὐδεὶς δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει. οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:16 ὡς WH Treg NIV ] ὥσπερ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:16 ὑμῖν WH Treg NIV ] + ὅτι RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:18 *κρυφαίῳ WH Treg NIV ] κρυπτῷ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:18 *κρυφαίῳ WH Treg NIV ] κρυπτῷ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:21 *σου WH Treg NIV ] ὑμῶν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:21 *σου WH Treg NIV ] ὑμῶν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:22 ᾖ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς WH NIV ] ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ Treg RP
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