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Matthew - ch 6 v 1 - 20
- `Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;
- whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!
- `But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,
- that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
- `And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
- `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
- `And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,
- be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
- thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.
- `Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.
- `Our appointed bread give us to-day.
- `And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.
- `And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.
- `For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;
- but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- `And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
- `But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
- that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
- `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
- but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,
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