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“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving[a] before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him. Pray like this:

“‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
10 Let your Kingdom come.
    Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our debts,
    as we also forgive our debtors.
13 Bring us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’[b]

14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. 25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

27 “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment[c] to his lifespan? 28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, 29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Footnotes

  1. 6:1 NU reads “acts of righteousness” instead of “charitable giving”
  2. 6:13 NU omits “For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.”
  3. 6:27 literally, cubit

Giving to the Poor and Prayer

“Beware of doing your righteousness before men (A)to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

“Therefore, when you [a]give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they (B)may be glorified by men. (C)Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you [b]give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your [c]giving will be in secret; and (D)your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

“And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to (E)stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners [d](F)so that they may be seen by men. (G)Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, (H)go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and (I)your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their (J)many words. Therefore, do not be like them; for (K)your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

(L)Pray, then, in this way:

‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 (M)Your kingdom come.
(N)Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 (O)Give us this day [e]our daily bread.
12 And (P)forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation, but (Q)deliver us from [f](R)the evil one. [g][For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]

14 (S)For if you forgive [h]others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But (T)if you do not forgive [i]others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Fasting

16 (U)Now whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they [j]neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. (V)Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 17 But you, when you fast, (W)anoint your head and wash your face 18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your (X)Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

Treasures in Heaven

19 (Y)Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves (Z)treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for (AA)where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 (AB)The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is [k]clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if (AC)your eye is [l]bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24 (AD)No one can [m]serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot [n]serve God and [o](AE)wealth.

Do Not Worry

25 (AF)For this reason I say to you, [p]do not be (AG)worried about your [q]life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 (AH)Look at the birds of the [r]air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 And which of you by (AI)worrying can (AJ)add a single [s]cubit to his [t]life span? 28 And why are you (AK)worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even (AL)Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the (AM)grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? (AN)You of little faith! 31 Do not (AO)worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32 For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for (AP)your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But [u]seek first [v]His kingdom and His righteousness, and (AQ)all these things will be [w]added to you.

34 “So do not (AR)worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. [x]Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:2 Or give alms
  2. Matthew 6:3 Or give alms
  3. Matthew 6:4 Or alms
  4. Matthew 6:5 Lit to be apparent to men
  5. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
  6. Matthew 6:13 Or evil
  7. Matthew 6:13 Early mss omit bracketed portion
  8. Matthew 6:14 Gr anthropoi
  9. Matthew 6:15 Gr anthropoi
  10. Matthew 6:16 Discolor their faces with makeup; lit distort their faces
  11. Matthew 6:22 Or healthy, sincere
  12. Matthew 6:23 Or evil
  13. Matthew 6:24 Or be a slave to
  14. Matthew 6:24 Or be a slave to
  15. Matthew 6:24 Gr mamonas, from Aram mamon (mammon); wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
  16. Matthew 6:25 Or stop being worried
  17. Matthew 6:25 Lit soul
  18. Matthew 6:26 Lit heaven
  19. Matthew 6:27 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  20. Matthew 6:27 Or height
  21. Matthew 6:33 Or continually seek
  22. Matthew 6:33 Or the kingdom
  23. Matthew 6:33 Or provided
  24. Matthew 6:34 Lit Sufficient for the day is its evils

Be careful that you don’t practice your tzedakah (charity giving) before Bnei Adam in order to varf (show off, flaunt) to be seen by Bnei Adam; for then you have no sachar (reward) with your Av shbaShomayim.

Therefore, whenever you contribute tzedakah, don’t blow the shofar before you, as the tzevuim (hypocrites) do in the shuls and in the streets, in order that they may receive kavod (glory) from Bnei Adam. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar (reward).

But when you contribute tzedakah, do not let your left hand have da’as (knowledge) of what your right hand is doing,

so that your tzedakah may be nistar (hidden, in secret), and your Av HaRoeh b’seter (Father, the One seeing in secret) [His] sachar (reward) will give you.

And whenever you daven (pray), do not be as the tzevuim (hypocrites); for they love to stand and daven in the shuls and on the street corners so that they may be seen by an audience. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar.

But you, whenever you daven, enter into the secret place, your secret cheder, and, having shut your door, offer tefillos to your Av Asher bSeter (Father Who is in Secret), and your Av haRoeh b’seter (Father the One seeing in secret) [His] sachar will give you.

But when you daven, do not babble on and on maarich (extended, long winded) and vacuously and without kavvanah (heartfelt direction, intention) like the Goyim. For the Goyim think that in their verbosity their techinnah will be heard.

Therefore, nisht azoi (not so)! Be different, for your Av has daas (knowledge) of what things you have need before you ask Him.

Therefore, when you offer tefillos, daven like this, in this manner: Avinu shbaShomayim (Our Father in heaven), yitkadash shmecha (hallowed be your Name).

10 Tavo malchutechah (Thy Kingdom come) Ye’aseh rtzonechah (Thy will be done) kmoh vaShomayim ken baaretz (on earth as it is in heaven).

11 Es lechem chukeinu ten lanu hayom (Give us today our daily bread),

12 u-slach lanu es chovoteinu kaasher salachnu (and forgive us our debts as we forgive) gam anachnu lachayaveinu (also our debtors).

13 V’al tvi’einu lidey nisayon (And lead us not into temptation [Mt 26:41]) ki im chaltzeinu min harah (but deliver us from evil). [Ki l’chah hamamlachah (for thine is the Kingdom) vhagvurah (and the power) vhatiferet (and the glory) l’olmei olamim (forever). Omein].

14 For if you give men mechila (pardon, forgiveness) for their chattaim (sins), so also your Av shbaShomayim will give selicha (forgiveness) to you.

15 But if you do not give men mechila (forgiveness), neither will your chattaim receive selicha from your Av.

16 And whenever you undergo a tzom (fast), don’t be like the sullen tzevuim (hypocrites), for they disfigure their faces to parade their tzom (fast). Omein, truly I say to you, they have received their sachar (reward).

17 But when you undergo a tzom, anoint your rosh with shemen (oil) and wash your face

18 so that your tzom is concealed from Bnei Adam but not from your Av Asher b’Seter (Father Who is in Secret). And your Av HaRoeh b’seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar.

19 Do not store up for yourselves otzarot (treasures) on haaretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves) break in and steal.

20 But zamlet (collect) for yourselves otzarot (treasures) in Shomayim, where neither moth nor rust destroys, neither do ganavim break in and steal.

21 For where your otzar (treasure) is, there also will be your lev (heart).

22 The eye is the menorah of the basar. Therefore, if your eye is unblurred, then your whole basar will be lighted.

23 But if yours is the ayin horo (evil eye), your whole basar will be in choshech (darkness).

24 No one is able to serve two adonim (masters). For either he will have sinah (hatred) for the one and ahavah (love) for the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve Hashem and Mammon (Money).

25 Therefore, I say to you, Do not have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious heart, [DEVARIM 28:65]) about your life, what you might wear or what you might drink, nor for your basar, what you might put on. Is not life more than okhel (food) and basar more than malbush (clothing)?

26 Look to the OPH HASHOMAYIM (birds of heaven, IYOV 35:11), for they do not sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, and your Av shbaShomayim feeds them. Are you yourselves not worth more than they?

27 And who among you by a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65) is able to add to his life span one cubit?

28 And why have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious heart) about malbush (clothing)? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not labor nor spin.

29 But I say to you that not even Shlomo HaMelech in all his kavod (glory) was clothed as one of these.

30 And if Hashem thus clothes the grass of the field that exists today and tomorrow is thrown into a furnace, how much more will he clothe you, you ones of little emunah?

31 Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65), saying, What might we eat? or What might we drink? or With what might we clothe ourselves?

32 For all these things the Goyim strive. For your Av shbaShomayim bavorn (anticipates) that you need all these things.

33 But seek first the Malchut Hashem and the Tzidkat Hashem, and all these things will be added to you.

34 Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65) for tomorrow, for makhar (tomorrow) will care for itself. Each day has enough tzoros of its own.

Continuação do sermão da montanha. Esmolas, oração, jejum

Guardai-vos de fazer a vossa esmola diante dos homens, para serdes vistos por eles; aliás, não tereis galardão junto de vosso Pai, que está nos céus.

Quando, pois, deres esmola, não faças tocar trombeta diante de ti, como fazem os hipócritas nas sinagogas e nas ruas, para serem glorificados pelos homens. Em verdade vos digo que já receberam o seu galardão. Mas, quando tu deres esmola, não saiba a tua mão esquerda o que faz a tua direita, para que a tua esmola seja dada ocultamente, e teu Pai, que vê em secreto, te recompensará publicamente.

E, quando orares, não sejas como os hipócritas, pois se comprazem em orar em pé nas sinagogas e às esquinas das ruas, para serem vistos pelos homens. Em verdade vos digo que já receberam o seu galardão. Mas tu, quando orares, entra no teu aposento e, fechando a tua porta, ora a teu Pai, que vê o que está oculto; e teu Pai, que vê o que está oculto, te recompensará. E, orando, não useis de vãs repetições, como os gentios, que pensam que, por muito falarem, serão ouvidos. Não vos assemelheis, pois, a eles, porque vosso Pai sabe o que vos é necessário antes de vós lho pedirdes.

Portanto, vós orareis assim: Pai nosso, que estás nos céus, santificado seja o teu nome. 10 Venha o teu Reino. Seja feita a tua vontade, tanto na terra como no céu. 11 O pão nosso de cada dia dá-nos hoje. 12 Perdoa-nos as nossas dívidas, assim como nós perdoamos aos nossos devedores. 13 E não nos induzas à tentação, mas livra-nos do mal; porque teu é o Reino, e o poder, e a glória, para sempre. Amém! 14 Porque, se perdoardes aos homens as suas ofensas, também vosso Pai celestial vos perdoará a vós. 15 Se, porém, não perdoardes aos homens as suas ofensas, também vosso Pai vos não perdoará as vossas ofensas.

16 E, quando jejuardes, não vos mostreis contristados como os hipócritas, porque desfiguram o rosto, para que aos homens pareça que jejuam. Em verdade vos digo que já receberam o seu galardão. 17 Porém tu, quando jejuares, unge a cabeça e lava o rosto, 18 para não pareceres aos homens que jejuas, mas sim a teu Pai, que está oculto; e teu Pai, que vê o que está oculto, te recompensará.

O tesouro no céu. O olho puro. Os dois senhores. A ansiosa solicitude pela nossa vida

19 Não ajunteis tesouros na terra, onde a traça e a ferrugem tudo consomem, e onde os ladrões minam e roubam. 20 Mas ajuntai tesouros no céu, onde nem a traça nem a ferrugem consomem, e onde os ladrões não minam, nem roubam. 21 Porque onde estiver o vosso tesouro, aí estará também o vosso coração.

22 A candeia do corpo são os olhos; de sorte que, se os teus olhos forem bons, todo o teu corpo terá luz. 23 Se, porém, os teus olhos forem maus, o teu corpo será tenebroso. Se, portanto, a luz que em ti há são trevas, quão grandes serão tais trevas!

24 Ninguém pode servir a dois senhores, porque ou há de odiar um e amar o outro ou se dedicará a um e desprezará o outro. Não podeis servir a Deus e a Mamom.

25 Por isso, vos digo: não andeis cuidadosos quanto à vossa vida, pelo que haveis de comer ou pelo que haveis de beber; nem quanto ao vosso corpo, pelo que haveis de vestir. Não é a vida mais do que o mantimento, e o corpo, mais do que a vestimenta? 26 Olhai para as aves do céu, que não semeiam, nem segam, nem ajuntam em celeiros; e vosso Pai celestial as alimenta. Não tendes vós muito mais valor do que elas? 27 E qual de vós poderá, com todos os seus cuidados, acrescentar um côvado à sua estatura? 28 E, quanto ao vestuário, porque andais solícitos? Olhai para os lírios do campo, como eles crescem; não trabalham, nem fiam. 29 E eu vos digo que nem mesmo Salomão, em toda a sua glória, se vestiu como qualquer deles. 30 Pois, se Deus assim veste a erva do campo, que hoje existe e amanhã é lançada no forno, não vos vestirá muito mais a vós, homens de pequena fé? 31 Não andeis, pois, inquietos, dizendo: Que comeremos ou que beberemos ou com que nos vestiremos? 32 (Porque todas essas coisas os gentios procuram.) Decerto, vosso Pai celestial bem sabe que necessitais de todas essas coisas; 33 Mas buscai primeiro o Reino de Deus, e a sua justiça, e todas essas coisas vos serão acrescentadas.

34 Não vos inquieteis, pois, pelo dia de amanhã, porque o dia de amanhã cuidará de si mesmo. Basta a cada dia o seu mal.