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.

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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

43 (A)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

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Do nothing from (A)selfish ambition or (B)conceit, but in (C)humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and (A)do not seek the glory that comes from (B)the only God?

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15 And he said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves before men, but (B)God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men (C)is an abomination in the sight of God.

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(A)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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47 (A)who devour widows' houses and (B)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

The Widow's Offering

21 (C)Jesus[a] looked up and saw the rich (D)putting their gifts into (E)the offering box,

Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:1 Greek He

12 (A)“You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

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38 “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to (A)make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. 39 And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, (B)not to follow[a] after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined (C)to whore after.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:39 Hebrew to spy out

And it shall (A)be to you as a sign on your hand and as (B)a memorial (C)between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.

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15 (A)Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

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18 The one who speaks on his own authority (A)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

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20 And behold, a woman (A)who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched (B)the fringe of his garment,

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21 (A)Bind them on your heart always;
    (B)tie them around your neck.
22 (C)When you walk, they[a] will lead you;
    (D)when you lie down, they will (E)watch over you;
    and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23 For the commandment is (F)a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the (G)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:22 Hebrew it; three times in this verse

Let not (A)steadfast love and (B)faithfulness forsake you;
    (C)bind them around your neck;
    (D)write them on the tablet of your heart.

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who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, (A)proclaiming himself to be God.

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16 And he said, “Come with me, and see (A)my zeal for the Lord.” So he[a] had him ride in his chariot.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew they

18 (A)“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and (B)you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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