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Matthew 6
Common English Bible
Matthew 6
Common English Bible
Showy religion
6 “Be careful that you don’t practice your religion in front of people to draw their attention. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 “Whenever you give to the poor, don’t blow your trumpet as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may get praise from people. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. 3 But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing 4 so that you may give to the poor in secret. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.
Showy prayer
5 “When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. 6 But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.
Proper prayer
7 “When you pray, don’t pour out a flood of empty words, as the Gentiles do. They think that by saying many words they’ll be heard. 8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask. 9 Pray like this:
Our Father who is in heaven,
uphold the holiness of your name.
10 Bring in your kingdom
so that your will is done on earth as it’s done in heaven.
11 Give us the bread we need for today.
12 Forgive us for the ways we have wronged you,
just as we also forgive those who have wronged us.
13 And don’t lead us into temptation,
but rescue us from the evil one.
14 “If you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don’t forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your sins.
Showy fasting
16 “And when you fast, don’t put on a sad face like the hypocrites. They distort their faces so people will know they are fasting. I assure you that they have their reward. 17 When you fast, brush your hair and wash your face. 18 Then you won’t look like you are fasting to people, but only to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Earthly and heavenly treasures
19 “Stop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them. 20 Instead, collect treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moth and rust don’t eat them and where thieves don’t break in and steal them. 21 Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Seeing and serving
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how terrible that darkness will be! 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be loyal to the one and have contempt for the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Worry about necessities
25 “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are? 27 Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all of his splendor wasn’t dressed like one of these. 30 If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it’s alive today and tomorrow it’s thrown into the furnace, won’t God do much more for you, you people of weak faith? 31 Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ 32 Gentiles long for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 Instead, desire first and foremost God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore, stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6
New International Version
Matthew 6
New International Version
Giving to the Needy
6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.(A) If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.(B)
Prayer(C)
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing(D) in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,(E) who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(F) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(G) 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need(H) before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father(I) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom(J) come,
your will be done,(K)
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.(L)
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.(M)
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a](N)
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’(O)
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.(P) 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.(Q)
Fasting
16 “When you fast,(R) do not look somber(S) 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.(T)
Treasures in Heaven(U)
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,(V) where moths and vermin destroy,(W) and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,(X) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.(Y) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(Z)
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[c] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[d] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(AA)
Do Not Worry(AB)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry(AC) about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.(AD) Are you not much more valuable than they?(AE) 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?(AF)
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor(AG) was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?(AH) 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.(AI) 33 But seek first his kingdom(AJ) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(AK) 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
- Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
- Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
- Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
- Matthew 6:27 Or single cubit to your height
Mateu 6
Albanian Bible
Mateu 6
Albanian Bible
6 “Mos e jepni lëmoshën tuaj para njerëzve, me qëllim që ata t’ju admirojnë; përndryshe nuk do të shpërbleheni te Ati juaj, që është në qiej.
2 Kur do të japësh lëmoshë, pra, mos i bjer borisë para teje, ashtu siç bëjnë hipokritët në sinagoga dhe në rrugët, për të qenë të nderuar nga njerëzit; në të vërtetë ju them, se ata tashmë e kanë marrë shpërblimin e tyre.
3 Madje kur jep lëmoshë, e majta jote të mos dijë ç’bën e djathta,
4 që lëmosha jote të jepet fshehurazi; dhe Ati yt, që shikon në fshehtësi, do të ta shpërblejë haptas.
5 Dhe kur ti lutesh, mos u bëj si hipokritët, sepse atyre u pëlqen të luten në këmbë në sinagoga dhe në sheshet e rrugëve, në mënyrë që njerëzit t’i shohin; në të vërtetë ju them se ata tashmë e kanë marrë shpërblimin e tyre.
6 Por ti, kur lutesh, futu në dhomëzën tënde, mbylle derën dhe lutju Atit tënd në fshehtësi; dhe Ati yt, që shikon në fshehtësi, do të ta shpërblejë publikisht.
7 Por kur ju luteni, mos përdorni përsëritje të kota siç bëjnë paganët, sepse ata mendojnë se do t’u plotësohet lutja se kanë përdorur shumë fjalë.
8 Mos u bëni, pra, si ata, sepse Ati juaj i di gjërat për të cilat keni nevojë, para se ju t’i kërkoni.
9 Ju, pra, lutuni kështu: "Ati ynë që je në qiej, u shenjtëroftë emri yt.
10 Ardhtë mbretëria jote. U bëftë vullneti yt në tokë si në qiell.
11 Bukën tonë të përditshme na e jep sot.
12 Dhe na i fal fajet tona, ashtu siç ua falim ne fajtorëve tanë.
13 Dhe mos lejo të biem në tundim, por na çliro nga i ligu, sepse jotja është mbretëria dhe fuqia dhe lavdia përjetë. Amen".
14 Sepse në qoftë se ju ua falni njerëzve gabimet e tyre, Ati juaj qiellor do t’jua falë edhe juve;
15 por në qoftë se ju nuk ua falni njerëzve gabimet e tyre, as Ati juaj nuk do t’ua falë juve gabimet tuaja.
16 Dhe kur të agjëroni, mos u tregoni të pikëlluar si hipokritët; sepse ata shfytyrohen për t’u treguar njerëzve se agjërojnë; në të vërtetë ju them se ata tashmë e kanë marrë shpërblimin e tyre.
17 Kurse ti, kur të agjërosh, vajose kokën dhe laje fytyrën,
18 me qëllim që të mos u tregosh njerëzve se ti agjëron, por Atit tënd në fshehtësi; dhe Ati yt, i cili shikon në fshehtësi, do ta japë shpërblimin publikisht.
19 Mos mblidhni për vete thesare mbi tokë, ku i brejnë tenja dhe ndryshku, dhe ku vjedhësit shpërthejnë dhe vjedhin,
20 përkundrazi mblidhni për vete thesare në qiell, ku as tenja as ndryshku nuk prishin dhe ku vjedhësit nuk shpërthejnë dhe nuk vjedhin.
21 Sepse ku është thesari juaj do të jetë edhe zemra juaj.
22 Drita e trupit është syri; në qoftë se syri yt është i pastër, gjithë trupi yt do të jetë i ndriçuar,
23 por në qoftë se syri yt është i lig, gjithë trupi yt do të jetë në errësirë; në qoftë se drita, pra, që është në ty është errësirë, sa e madhe do të jetë errësira!
24 Askush nuk mund t’u shërbejë dy zotërinjve, sepse ose do të urrejë njërin dhe do ta dojë tjetrin; ose do t’i qëndrojë besnik njerit dhe do të përçmojë tjetrin; ju nuk mund t’i shërbeni Perëndisë dhe mamonit.
25 Prandaj po ju them: mos u shqetësoni për jetën tuaj, për atë që do të hani ose do të pini, as për trupin tuaj, për atë që do të vishni. A nuk është vallë jeta më me vlerë se ushqimi dhe trupi më me vlerë se veshja?
26 Vini re zogjtë e qiellit: ata nuk mbjellin, nuk korrin dhe nuk mbledhin në hambare; megjithatë Ati juaj qiellor i ushqen. A nuk vleni ju shumë më tepër se sa ata?
27 Dhe cili nga ju, me gjithë kujdesin e tij, mund t’i shtojë shtatit të tij qoftë edhe një kubit të vetëm?
28 Pse shqetësoheni për veshjen tuaj? Vini re si rriten zambakët e fushës: ata nuk lodhen dhe nuk tjerrin;
29 dhe unë, pra, po ju them se Salomoni vetë, me gjithë lavdinë e tij, nuk ishte veshur si ndonjë nga ata.
30 Tani nëse Perëndia e vesh kështu barin e fushës, që sot është dhe nesër hidhet në furrë, vallë nuk do t’ju veshë shumë më tepër ju, njerëz besimpakë?
31 Mos u shqetësoni, pra duke thënë: "Çfarë do të hamë ose çfarë do të pimë, ose me çfarë do të vishemi?".
32 Sepse janë paganët ata që kërkojnë të gjitha këto gjëra; Ati juaj qiellor, pra, e di mirë se ju keni nevojë për të gjitha këto gjëra.
33 Por para së gjithash kërkoni mbretërinë e Perëndisë dhe drejtësinë e tij dhe të gjitha këto gjëra do t’ju shtohen.
34 Mos u brengosni, pra, për të nesërmen, sepse e nesërmja do të kujdeset vetë për vete. Secilës ditë i mjafton pikëllimi i vet.”
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