{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/matthew/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:50:26.839Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Therefore when thou doest <i>thine</i> alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites <i>are</i>: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen <i>do</i>: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as <i>it is</i> in heaven."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Give us this day our daily bread."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great <i>is</i> that darkness!"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, <i>shall he</i> not much more <i>clothe</i> you, O ye of little faith?"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day <i>is</i> the evil thereof."}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 6 (KJV)","markdown":"[Matthew 6](https://primebible.com/kjv/matthew/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/matthew/6 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}