Matthew 6:14-24

14 "¹For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

15 "But ²if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth (Mammon)

16 "³Whenever 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. ⁴Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

17 "But you, when you fast, ⁵anoint 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 ⁶Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

19 "⁷Do 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 ⁸treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

21 for ⁹where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 "¹⁰The 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 ¹¹your 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 "¹²No 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 ¹³wealth.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 7:2; Mark 11:25; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13
• 2. Matthew 18:35
• 3. Isaiah 58:5
• 4. Matthew 6:2
• 5. Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20
• 6. Matthew 6:4, 6
• 7. Proverbs 23:4; Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33; Luke 18:22; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10; Hebrews 13:5; James 5:2
• 8. Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:33; 1 Timothy 6:19
• 9. Luke 12:34
• 10. Matthew 6:22, 23: {Luke 11:34, 35}
• 11. Matthew 20:15; Mark 7:22
• 12. 1 Kings 18:21; Luke 16:13; Galatians 1:10; James 4:4
• 13. Luke 16:9, 11, 13

Footnotes

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