Matthew 6:1-18

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Giving to the Needy

6 “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.

²^(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. ³But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴so that your giving may be in secret. ^(F)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

The Lord's Prayer

⁵“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. ⁶But 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.

⁷“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. ⁸Do not be like them, ^(N)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ⁹^(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]
¹²and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³And ^(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. ¹⁷But when you fast, ^(AE)anoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸that 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.

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Footnotes

Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
Matthew 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

Revelation 2:18-3:6

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To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, ^(A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

¹⁹^(B)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. ²⁰But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman ^(C)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants ^(D)to practice sexual immorality and ^(E)to eat food sacrificed to idols. ²¹I gave her time to repent, but ^(F)she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. ²²Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, ²³and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he ^(G)who searches mind and heart, and ^(H)I will give to each of you according to your works. ²⁴But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call ^(I)the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I ^(J)do not lay on you any other burden. ²⁵Only hold fast ^(K)what you have until I come. ²⁶^(L)The one who conquers and who keeps my works ^(M)until the end, ^(N)to him I will give authority over the nations, ²⁷and ^(O)he will ^(P)rule^[a] them with a rod of iron, ^(Q)as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. ²⁸And I will give him ^(R)the morning star. ²⁹^(S)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ^(T)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^(U)of being alive, ^(V)but you are dead. ²Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works ^(W)complete in the sight of my God. ³^(X)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, ^(Y)I will come ^(Z)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. ⁴Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not ^(AA)soiled their garments, and they will walk with me ^(AB)in white, for they are ^(AC)worthy. ⁵^(AD)The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never ^(AE)blot his name out of ^(AF)the book of life. ^(AG)I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. ⁶^(AH)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’