Matthew 6:15-25

15 ¹but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting

16 "And ²when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ³Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

17 But when you fast, ⁴anoint your head and wash your face,

18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. ⁵And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

19 ⁶"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ⁷moth and rust^[a] destroy and where thieves ⁸break in and steal,

20 ⁹but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 ¹⁰"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

23 ¹¹but if ¹²your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24 ¹³"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ¹⁴money.^[b]

Do Not Be Anxious

25 ¹⁵"Therefore I tell you, ¹⁶do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

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Cross References 16

1. Matthew 18:35; See James 2:13
2. Isaiah 58:5
3. ver. 2, 5
4. Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20
5. ver. 4, 6
6. Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33, 34; Luke 18:22; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10, 17-19; Hebrews 13:5
7. James 5:2, 3
8. Matthew 24:43
9. [See ver. 19 above]
10. Luke 11:34, 35
11. [See ver. 22 above]
12. Matthew 20:15; Deuteronomy 15:9; Proverbs 28:22
13. Luke 16:13; [Romans 6:16; James 4:4]
14. Luke 16:9, 11, 13
15. For ver. 25-33, see Luke 12:22-31
16. ver. 27, 28, 31, 34; Matthew 10:19; Matthew 13:22(Gk.); 1 Corinthians 7:32(Gk.); Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or worm; also verse 20
[b]. Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions

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