Matthew 6
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
6 Take care not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward [[a]reserved for and awaiting you] with and from your Father Who is in heaven.
2 Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be [b]recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward [c]in full already.
3 But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.
5 Also when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward [d]in full already.
6 But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
7 And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking.(A)
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
9 Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven ([e]left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have [f]given up resentment against) our debtors.
13 And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 For if you forgive people their trespasses [their [g]reckless and willful sins, [h]leaving them, letting them go, and [i]giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [j]reckless and willful sins, [k]leaving them, letting them go, and [l]giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.
16 And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy and [m]sour and [n]dreary like the hypocrites, for they put on a dismal countenance, that their fasting may be apparent to and seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward [o]in full already.(B)
17 But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face,
18 So that your fasting may not be noticed by men but by your Father, Who sees in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
19 Do not [p]gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.
20 But [q]gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal;
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your [r]conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be [s]against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon ([t]deceitful riches, money, possessions, or [u]whatever is trusted in).
25 Therefore I tell you, stop being [v]perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27 And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the [w]span of his life?(C)
28 And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and [x]learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.
29 Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his [y]magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these.(D)
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?
32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.
33 But seek ([z]aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness ([aa]His way of doing and being right), and then all these things [ab]taken together will be given you besides.
34 So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:1 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:2 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:5 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:12 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
- Matthew 6:12 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this phrase as a definition of the word “forgive.”
- Matthew 6:14 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:14 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
- Matthew 6:14 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this phrase as a definition of the word “forgive.”
- Matthew 6:15 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:15 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
- Matthew 6:15 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this phrase as a definition of the word “forgive.”
- Matthew 6:16 Martin Luther, cited by Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:16 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
- Matthew 6:16 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:19 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:23 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:24 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:24 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:24 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:25 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Matthew 6:27 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon: the word translated “cubit” is used as a measurement of time, as well as a measurement of length.
- Matthew 6:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:29 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:33 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 6:33 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation.
- Matthew 6:33 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
Mateo 6
Dios Habla Hoy
Jesús enseña sobre tres prácticas de piedad
6 »No hagan sus buenas obras delante de la gente sólo para que los demás los vean. Si lo hacen así, su Padre que está en el cielo no les dará ningún premio.
1. Sobre la limosna
2 »Por eso, cuando ayudes a los necesitados, no lo publiques a los cuatro vientos, como hacen los hipócritas en las sinagogas y en las calles para que la gente hable bien de ellos. Les aseguro que con eso ya tienen su premio. 3 Cuando tú ayudes a los necesitados, no se lo cuentes ni siquiera a tu amigo más íntimo; 4 hazlo en secreto. Y tu Padre, que ve lo que haces en secreto, te dará tu premio.
2. Sobre la oración(A)
5 »Cuando ustedes oren, no sean como los hipócritas, a quienes les gusta orar de pie en las sinagogas y en las esquinas de las plazas para que la gente los vea. Les aseguro que con eso ya tienen su premio. 6 Pero tú, cuando ores, entra en tu cuarto, cierra la puerta y ora a tu Padre en secreto. Y tu Padre, que ve lo que haces en secreto, te dará tu premio.
7 »Y al orar no repitan ustedes palabras inútiles, como hacen los paganos, que se imaginan que cuanto más hablen más caso les hará Dios. 8 No sean como ellos, porque su Padre ya sabe lo que ustedes necesitan, antes que se lo pidan. 9 Ustedes deben orar así:
»“Padre nuestro que estás en el cielo,
santificado sea tu nombre.
10 Venga tu reino.
Hágase tu voluntad en la tierra,
así como se hace en el cielo.
11 Danos hoy el pan que necesitamos.
12 Perdónanos el mal que hemos hecho,
así como nosotros hemos perdonado
a los que nos han hecho mal.
13 No nos expongas a la tentación,
sino líbranos del maligno.”
14 »Porque si ustedes perdonan a otros el mal que les han hecho, su Padre que está en el cielo los perdonará también a ustedes; 15 pero si no perdonan a otros, tampoco su Padre les perdonará a ustedes sus pecados.
3. Sobre el ayuno
16 »Cuando ustedes ayunen, no pongan cara triste, como los hipócritas, que aparentan tristeza para que la gente vea que están ayunando. Les aseguro que con eso ya tienen su premio. 17 Tú, cuando ayunes, lávate la cara y arréglate bien, 18 para que la gente no note que estás ayunando. Solamente lo notará tu Padre, que está en lo oculto, y tu Padre que ve en lo oculto te dará tu recompensa.
Riquezas en el cielo(B)
19 »No amontonen riquezas aquí en la tierra, donde la polilla destruye y las cosas se echan a perder, y donde los ladrones entran a robar. 20 Más bien amontonen riquezas en el cielo, donde la polilla no destruye ni las cosas se echan a perder ni los ladrones entran a robar. 21 Pues donde esté tu riqueza, allí estará también tu corazón.
La lámpara del cuerpo(C)
22 »Los ojos son la lámpara del cuerpo; así que, si tus ojos son buenos, todo tu cuerpo tendrá luz; 23 pero si tus ojos son malos, todo tu cuerpo estará en oscuridad. Y si la luz que hay en ti resulta ser oscuridad, ¡qué negra será la oscuridad misma!
Dios y las riquezas(D)
24 »Nadie puede servir a dos amos, porque odiará a uno y querrá al otro, o será fiel a uno y despreciará al otro. No se puede servir a Dios y a las riquezas.
Dios cuida de sus hijos(E)
25 »Por lo tanto, yo les digo: No se preocupen por lo que han de comer o beber para vivir, ni por la ropa que necesitan para el cuerpo. ¿No vale la vida más que la comida y el cuerpo más que la ropa? 26 Miren las aves que vuelan por el aire: no siembran ni cosechan ni guardan la cosecha en graneros; sin embargo, el Padre de ustedes que está en el cielo les da de comer. ¡Y ustedes valen más que las aves! 27 En todo caso, por mucho que uno se preocupe, ¿cómo podrá prolongar su vida ni siquiera una hora?
28 »¿Y por qué se preocupan ustedes por la ropa? Fíjense cómo crecen los lirios del campo: no trabajan ni hilan. 29 Sin embargo, les digo que ni siquiera el rey Salomón, con todo su lujo, se vestía como uno de ellos. 30 Pues si Dios viste así a la hierba, que hoy está en el campo y mañana se quema en el horno, ¡con mayor razón los vestirá a ustedes, gente falta de fe! 31 Así que no se preocupen, preguntándose: “¿Qué vamos a comer?” o “¿Qué vamos a beber?” o “¿Con qué vamos a vestirnos?” 32 Todas estas cosas son las que preocupan a los paganos, pero ustedes tienen un Padre celestial que ya sabe que las necesitan. 33 Por lo tanto, pongan toda su atención en el reino de los cielos y en hacer lo que es justo ante Dios, y recibirán también todas estas cosas. 34 No se preocupen por el día de mañana, porque mañana habrá tiempo para preocuparse. Cada día tiene bastante con sus propios problemas.
Matthew 6
King James Version
6 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.
2 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.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 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.
6 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.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 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.
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