Matthew 6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
How to Give
6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness[a] in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!(A) 3 But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[b](B)
How to Pray
5 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!(C) 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[c](D) 7 When you pray, don’t babble like the idolaters,[d] since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.(E) 8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him.(F)
The Model Prayer
9 “Therefore, you should pray like this:(G)
Our Father in heaven,
Your name be honored as holy.(H)
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.(I)
11 Give us today our daily bread.[e]
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.(J)
13 And do not bring us into[f] temptation,(K)
but deliver us from the evil one.[g](L)
[For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.][h]
14 “For if you forgive people their wrongdoing,[i] your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.(M) 15 But if you don’t forgive people,[j] your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.[k]
How to Fast
16 “Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive[l](N) so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face,(O) 18 so that you don’t show your fasting to people but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[m]
God and Possessions
19 “Don’t collect for yourselves treasures[n] on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.(P) 20 But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven,(Q) where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness—how deep is that darkness!(R)
24 “No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.(S)
The Cure for Anxiety
25 “This is why I tell you:(T) Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?(U) 26 Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?(V) 27 Can any of you add a single cubit to his height[o] by worrying? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! 30 If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you—you of little faith?(W) 31 So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For the idolaters[p] eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God[q](X) and His righteousness,(Y) and all these things will be provided for you.(Z) 34 Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble(AA) of its own.
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:1 Other mss read charitable giving
- Matthew 6:4 Other mss read will Himself reward you openly
- Matthew 6:6 Other mss add openly
- Matthew 6:7 Or Gentiles, or nations, or heathen, or pagans
- Matthew 6:11 Or our necessary bread, or our bread for tomorrow
- Matthew 6:13 Or do not cause us to come into
- Matthew 6:13 Or from evil
- Matthew 6:13 Other mss omit bracketed text
- Matthew 6:14 Or trespasses
- Matthew 6:15 Other mss add their wrongdoing
- Matthew 6:15 Or trespasses
- Matthew 6:16 Or unrecognizable, or disfigured
- Matthew 6:18 Other mss add openly
- Matthew 6:19 Or valuables
- Matthew 6:27 Or add one moment to his life-span
- Matthew 6:32 Or Gentiles, or nations, or heathen, or pagans
- Matthew 6:33 Other mss omit of God
Ma-thi-ơ 6
Bản Dịch 2011
Bố Thí
6 “Hãy coi chừng, đừng phô trương việc phúc thiện của các ngươi trước mặt người ta để họ trông thấy. Bằng không, các ngươi sẽ chẳng có phần thưởng gì của Cha các ngươi trên trời. 2 Vậy, khi các ngươi bố thí, đừng thổi kèn ầm ĩ trước mặt mình như bọn đạo đức giả thường làm trong các hội đường và ngoài các đường phố, cốt để được người ta khen ngợi. Quả thật, Ta nói với các ngươi, họ đã được phần thưởng của họ rồi. 3 Nhưng khi ngươi bố thí, đừng để tay trái ngươi biết tay phải ngươi làm gì, 4 hầu việc phúc thiện của ngươi được kín đáo, và Cha ngươi, Ðấng thấy trong nơi kín đáo, sẽ thưởng cho ngươi.”
Cầu Nguyện
(Lu 11:2-4)
5 “Khi các ngươi cầu nguyện, đừng làm như bọn đạo đức giả, vì họ thích đứng cầu nguyện giữa hội đường hay các ngã đường, cốt cho người ta trông thấy. Quả thật, Ta nói với các ngươi, họ đã được phần thưởng của họ rồi. 6 Nhưng khi ngươi cầu nguyện, hãy vào phòng riêng, đóng cửa lại, rồi cầu nguyện với Cha ngươi, Ðấng hiện diện trong nơi kín đáo, và Cha ngươi, Ðấng thấy trong nơi kín đáo, sẽ thưởng cho ngươi.
7 Khi ngươi cầu nguyện, đừng lặp đi lặp lại vô ích như các dân ngoại, vì họ nghĩ rằng nhờ nói nhiều, lời cầu nguyện của họ sẽ được nhậm. 8 Các ngươi đừng làm như họ, vì Cha các ngươi đã biết rõ các ngươi cần điều gì trước khi các ngươi cầu xin Ngài. 9 Vậy các ngươi hãy cầu nguyện như thế này:
‘Lạy Cha chúng con trên trời,
Nguyện danh Cha được tôn thánh,
10 Nguyện vương quốc Cha mau đến,
Nguyện ý Cha được nên dưới đất như trên trời.
11 Xin cho chúng con hôm nay lương thực đủ ngày.
12 Xin tha tội lỗi chúng con, cũng như chúng con tha thứ cho người có lỗi với chúng con.
13 Xin đừng để chúng con bị cám dỗ, nhưng xin cứu chúng con khỏi kẻ ác.
[ Vì vương quốc, quyền năng, và vinh hiển đều thuộc về Cha đời đời vô cùng. A-men.’ ][a]
14 Vì nếu các ngươi tha thứ những vi phạm của người ta, Cha các ngươi trên trời cũng sẽ tha thứ các ngươi. 15 Nhưng nếu các ngươi không tha thứ người ta, Cha các ngươi cũng sẽ không tha thứ những vi phạm của các ngươi.”
Kiêng Ăn
16 “Khi các ngươi kiêng ăn, đừng để mặt mày ủ dột như bọn đạo đức giả, vì họ muốn làm ra vẻ thiểu não để người ta biết họ đang kiêng ăn. Quả thật, Ta nói với các ngươi, họ đã được phần thưởng của họ rồi. 17 Nhưng khi ngươi kiêng ăn, hãy xức dầu trên đầu và rửa mặt, 18 để người ta không biết ngươi đang kiêng ăn, nhưng chỉ Cha ngươi, Ðấng hiện diện trong nơi kín đáo, biết, và Cha ngươi, Ðấng thấy trong nơi kín đáo, sẽ thưởng cho ngươi.”
Tích Trữ Của Cải Trên Trời
(Lu 11:34-36)
19 “Các ngươi đừng tích trữ của cải cho mình dưới đất, nơi có mối mọt và ten rét làm hư, và kẻ trộm lẻn vào lấy cắp; 20 nhưng hãy tích trữ của cải cho mình trên trời, nơi chẳng có mối mọt và ten rét làm hư, và cũng chẳng có kẻ trộm lẻn vào lấy cắp. 21 Vì của cải các ngươi ở đâu, lòng các ngươi cũng ở đó.”
Ánh Sáng của Thân Thể
(Lu 11:34-36)
22 “Mắt là đèn của thân thể. Vậy, nếu mắt ngươi tỏ, toàn thân ngươi sẽ sáng. 23 Nhưng nếu mắt ngươi mù,[b] toàn thân ngươi sẽ tối. Vậy, nếu ánh sáng trong ngươi chỉ là bóng tối thì sự tối tăm ấy lớn biết bao!”
Ðức Chúa Trời và Tiền Của
(Lu 16:13)
24 “Không ai có thể làm tôi hai chủ, vì sẽ ghét chủ này mà thương chủ kia, hoặc sẽ trọng chủ này mà khinh chủ kia. Các ngươi không thể vừa làm tôi Ðức Chúa Trời mà vừa làm tôi tiền của.”
Lo Lắng
(Lu 12:22-31)
25 “Vì vậy Ta nói với các ngươi, đừng vì mạng sống mình mà lo ăn gì hoặc uống gì; cũng đừng vì thân thể mình mà lo mặc gì. Mạng sống há chẳng quý trọng hơn thực phẩm sao? Thân thể há chẳng quý trọng hơn quần áo sao? 26 Hãy xem các chim trời. Chúng chẳng gieo, chẳng gặt, cũng chẳng thâu trữ vào vựa lẫm, thế mà Cha các ngươi trên trời vẫn nuôi chúng. Các ngươi chẳng quý trọng hơn loài chim sao? 27 Ai trong các ngươi nhờ lo lắng mà có thể kéo dài đời mình thêm một khắc chăng?
28 Còn về quần áo, tại sao các ngươi lại lo lắng? Hãy ngắm những hoa huệ ngoài đồng, xem chúng đã mọc lên thể nào. Chúng chẳng làm việc khó nhọc, cũng không kéo chỉ, 29 thế nhưng, Ta nói với các ngươi, ngay cả Vua Sa-lô-môn, dù sang trọng đến đâu, cũng không được mặc đẹp như một hoa nào trong các hoa ấy. 30 Vậy nếu hoa cỏ ngoài đồng là giống nay còn sống mai bị tống vào lò mà Ðức Chúa Trời còn cho chúng mặc đẹp thể ấy thay, lẽ nào Ngài chẳng lo cho các ngươi sao, hỡi những kẻ yếu đức tin?
31 Vậy các ngươi đừng lo lắng mà nói rằng, ‘Chúng ta sẽ ăn gì?’ hoặc ‘Chúng ta sẽ uống gì?’ hoặc ‘Chúng ta sẽ mặc gì?’ 32 Vì các dân ngoại luôn tìm kiếm những điều ấy, còn Cha các ngươi trên trời đã biết các ngươi cần những điều ấy rồi. 33 Nhưng trước hết hãy tìm kiếm vương quốc Ðức Chúa Trời và sự công chính của Ngài, để các ngươi sẽ được ban thêm mọi điều ấy nữa. 34 Vậy các ngươi đừng quá lo lắng về ngày mai, vì ngày mai sẽ có những việc để lo trong ngày mai. Ngày nào có khó nhọc đủ cho ngày ấy.”
Footnotes
- Ma-thi-ơ 6:13 Một số bản cổ không có câu trong hai móc này
- Ma-thi-ơ 6:23 nt: xấu
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
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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