Matthew 6:15-25

15 "But ¹if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth (Mammon)

16 "²Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. ³Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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

18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your ⁵Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

19 "⁶Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

20 "But store up for yourselves ⁷treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

21 for ⁸where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 "⁹The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

23 "But if ¹⁰your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24 "¹¹No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot * serve God and ¹²wealth.

The Cure for Anxiety

25 "¹³For this reason I say to you, do not be ¹⁴worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

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Cross References 14

1. Matthew 18:35
2. Isaiah 58:5
3. Matthew 6:2
4. Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20
5. Matthew 6:4, 6
6. Proverbs 23:4; Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33; Luke 18:22; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10; Hebrews 13:5; James 5:2
7. Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:33; 1 Timothy 6:19
8. Luke 12:34
9. Matthew 6:22, 23: {Luke 11:34, 35}
10. Matthew 20:15; Mark 7:22
11. 1 Kings 18:21; Luke 16:13; Galatians 1:10; James 4:4
12. Luke 16:9, 11, 13
13. Matthew 6:25-33: {Luke 12:22-31}
14. Matt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7

Footnotes 7

[a]. Gr "anthropoi"
[b]. Lit "distort their faces", i.e. discolor their faces with makeup
[c]. Or "healthy;" or "sincere"
[d]. Or "evil"
[e]. Gr "mamonas," for Aram "mamon" (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
[f]. Or "stop being worried"
[g]. Lit "soul"