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Matthew 6 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Do Good to Please God
The Lord’s Prayer

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 - “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - “Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:3 - “But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:4 - “that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.[fn]
The Model Prayer
(Luke 11:2–4 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:6 - “But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:7 - “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:9 - “In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:11 - Give us this day our daily bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:12 - And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:13 - And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:14 - “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:15 - “But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting to Be Seen Only by God

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - “But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - “so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.[fn]
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
(Luke 12:33, 34 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - “but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:21 - “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Lamp of the Body
(Luke 11:34–36 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:22 - “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
You Cannot Serve God and Riches

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Do Not Worry
(Luke 12:22–31 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - “Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:27 - “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:29 - “and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:30 - “Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:31 - “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - “For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:33 - “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text omits openly.
NU-Text omits openly.
NU-Text omits For Yours through Amen.
NU-Text and M-Text omit openly.
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