论施舍

“你们要谨慎,不可为了让别人看到而在人面前行你们的义[a],否则就得不到你们天父的报偿了。 所以你施舍的时候,不要在自己前面吹号,像伪善的人那样。他们在会堂里和大街上这样做,是为了要得人的荣耀。我确实地告诉你们:他们已经得到了他们的报偿。 你施舍的时候,不要让你的左手知道右手所做的, 好使你的施舍行在隐秘中。这样,你那在隐秘中察看的父[b]就将回报你[c]

论祷告

“你们祷告的时候,不要像伪善的人那样。他们喜爱站在会堂里和十字路口祷告,好让人看见。我确实地告诉你们:他们已经得到了他们的报偿。 至于你,你祷告的时候,要进入你的内室,关上门,向你在隐秘中的父祷告。这样,你那在隐秘中察看的父就将回报你[d] 你们祷告的时候,不要像外邦人那样,重复无意义的话。他们以为话多了就蒙垂听。 不要像他们那样,因为在你们祈求以前,你们的父就已经知道你们有什么需要了。

祷告的典范

“因此,你们要这样祷告:

我们在天上的父,
愿你的名被尊为圣,
10 愿你的国度来临。
愿你的旨意行在地上,
如同行在天上。
11 我们日用的食粮,愿你今天赐给我们。
12 愿你饶恕我们的亏欠,
如同我们也饶恕了亏欠我们的人。
13 不要让我们陷入试探,
救我们脱离那恶者[e]
因为国度、权柄、荣耀,
全是你的,直到永远!阿们。[f]

14 “要知道,你们如果饶恕别人的过犯,你们的天父也会饶恕你们。 15 你们如果不饶恕别人[g],你们的父也不会饶恕你们的过犯。

论禁食

16 “你们禁食的时候,不要像伪善的人那样愁眉苦脸。他们装出难看的样子,好让人看出他们在禁食。我确实地告诉你们:他们已经得到了他们的报偿。 17 至于你,你禁食的时候,要梳头[h]洗脸, 18 免得被人看出你在禁食;你反而要让你在隐秘中的父看见。这样,你那在隐秘中察看的父就将回报你[i]

论钱财

19 “你们不要为自己在地上积蓄财宝,地上有虫蛀,会锈蚀,也有盗贼钻进来偷窃; 20 而要为自己在天上积蓄财宝:天上既没有虫蛀,也不会锈蚀,也没有盗贼钻进来偷窃。 21 要知道,你的财宝在哪里,你的心也在哪里。

22 “眼睛是身体的灯,所以,如果你的眼睛纯净[j],你的全身就光明; 23 如果你的眼睛污浊,你的全身就黑暗。因此,光如果在你里面成了黑暗,那是多么大的黑暗!

24 “一个人不能服事两个主人。他不是厌恶这个、喜爱那个,就是忠于这个、轻视那个。你们不能既服事神,又服事财富[k]

不要忧虑

25 “所以我告诉你们:不要为你们的生命而忧虑吃什么、喝什么;也不要为你们的身体而忧虑穿什么;难道生命不比食物更重要,身体不比衣服更重要吗? 26 应该看天空的飞鸟:它们不撒种、不收割,也不收集在仓库里,你们的天父尚且养活它们;难道你们不比飞鸟更重要吗? 27 你们当中谁能因着忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻[l][m]呢? 28 你们为什么为衣服忧虑呢?应该观察野地里的百合花是怎么生长的:它们不劳动,也不纺织。 29 但是我告诉你们:就连所罗门在他最荣耀的时候,所穿戴的也不如这些花中的一朵。 30 你们这些小信的人哪!野地里的草今天还在,明天就被丢进火炉里,神尚且这样装扮它,更何况你们呢! 31 所以不要忧虑,说‘我们吃什么?喝什么?穿什么?’ 32 因为这一切都是外邦人所寻求的,而你们的天父已经知道你们需要这一切了。 33 所以你们应当先寻求神的[n]国和神的义,这一切都将加给你们了。 34 因此,不要为明天忧虑,明天自有明天的忧虑。要知道,每一天自有它的难处,这已经够了。

Footnotes

  1. 马太福音 6:1 义——有古抄本作“施舍”或“捐款”。
  2. 马太福音 6:4 那在隐秘中察看的父——或译作“那察看隐秘之事的父”。
  3. 马太福音 6:4 回报你——有古抄本作“公然地回报你”。
  4. 马太福音 6:6 回报你——有古抄本作“公然地回报你”。
  5. 马太福音 6:13 那恶者——或译作“凶恶”。
  6. 马太福音 6:13 有古抄本没有“因为国度、权柄、荣耀,全是你的,直到永远!阿们。”
  7. 马太福音 6:15 别人——有古抄本作“别人的过犯”。
  8. 马太福音 6:17 梳头——原文直译“(用油)抹头”。
  9. 马太福音 6:18 回报你——有古抄本作“公然地回报你”。
  10. 马太福音 6:22 纯净——原文直译“合一”;或译作“健康”。
  11. 马太福音 6:24 财富——或译作“玛门”。
  12. 马太福音 6:27 一刻——原文为“1肘”或“1佩库斯”。1肘=46公分。
  13. 马太福音 6:27 使自己的寿命延长一刻——或译作“使自己的身材增加一肘”。
  14. 马太福音 6:33 有古抄本没有“神的”。

Giving to the Needy

“Beware of (A)practicing your righteousness before other people in order (B)to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

(C)“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may (D)be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have (E)received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. (F)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

The Lord's Prayer

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love (G)to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. (H)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, (I)go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. (J)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as (K)the Gentiles do, for (L)they think that they will be heard (M)for their many words. Do not be like them, (N)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (O)Pray then like this:

(P)“Our Father in heaven,
(Q)hallowed be (R)your name.[a]
10 (S)Your kingdom come,
(T)your will be done,[b]
    (U)on earth as it is in heaven.
11 (V)Give us (W)this day our daily bread,[c]
12 and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And (X)lead us not into temptation,
    but (Y)deliver us from (Z)evil.[d]

14 (AA)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 (AB)but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting

16 “And (AC)when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. (AD)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, (AE)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. (AF)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

19 (AG)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where (AH)moth and rust[e] destroy and where thieves (AI)break in and steal, 20 (AJ)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 (AK)“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 (AL)but if (AM)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 (AN)“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 (AO)money.[f]

Do Not Be Anxious

25 (AP)“Therefore I tell you, (AQ)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 (AR)Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. (AS)Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (AT)span of life?[g] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, (AU)even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, (AV)O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For (AW)the Gentiles seek after all these things, and (AX)your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But (AY)seek first (AZ)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (BA)and all these things will be added to you.

34 (BB)“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
  2. Matthew 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
  3. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
  4. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen
  5. Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
  6. Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
  7. Matthew 6:27 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Do Good to Please God

“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, (A)when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret (B)will Himself reward you [a]openly.

The Model Prayer(C)

“And when you pray, you shall not be like the [b]hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, (D)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [c]openly. And when you pray, (E)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (F)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (G)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this (H)manner, therefore, pray:

(I)Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your (J)name.
10 Your kingdom come.
(K)Your will be done
On earth (L)as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our (M)daily bread.
12 And (N)forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 (O)And do not lead us into temptation,
But (P)deliver us from the evil one.
[d]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

14 (Q)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But (R)if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting to Be Seen Only by God

16 “Moreover, (S)when you fast, do not be like the [e]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, (T)anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [f]openly.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(U)

19 (V)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (W)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.

The Lamp of the Body(X)

22 (Y)“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is [g]good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is [h]bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

You Cannot Serve God and Riches

24 (Z)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (AA)You cannot serve God and [i]mammon.

Do Not Worry(AB)

25 “Therefore I say to you, (AC)do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 (AD)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one [j]cubit to his [k]stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [l]arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But (AE)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:4 NU omits openly
  2. Matthew 6:5 pretenders
  3. Matthew 6:6 NU omits openly
  4. Matthew 6:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
  5. Matthew 6:16 pretenders
  6. Matthew 6:18 NU, M omit openly
  7. Matthew 6:22 Clear, or healthy
  8. Matthew 6:23 Evil, or unhealthy
  9. Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
  10. Matthew 6:27 About 18 inches
  11. Matthew 6:27 height
  12. Matthew 6:29 dressed