15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.(A)

Fasting

16 “When you fast,(B) do not look somber(C) 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. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so 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.(D)

Treasures in Heaven(E)

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,(F) where moths and vermin destroy,(G) and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,(H) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.(I) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(J)

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

18 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.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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:

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

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