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   also love those that love them.   
   [33] And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for   
   sinners also do even the same.   
   [34] And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye?   
   for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.   
   [35] But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing   
   again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the   
   Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.   
   [36] Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.   
      
   Matthew 6:1-4   
      
   Matthew 6   
      
   Teaching About Charitable Giving   
      
   1 (Mt 23:5; 6:16) "Be sure that you not do your charitable deeds before men   
   to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father   
   who is in heaven.   
   2 (Mt 6:5; 6:16; Jn 5:44) "Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds,   
   do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues   
   and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you,   
   they have their reward.   
   3 But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know   
   what your right hand is doing,   
   4 (Mt 6:6; 6:18) that your charitable deeds may be in secret.   
   And your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.   
      
   [1] 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.   
   [2] Therefore when thou doest thine 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.   
   [3] But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand   
   doeth:   
   [4] That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret   
   himself shall reward thee openly.   
      
   Matthew 6:5-34   
      
   The Lord's Prayer   
   Lk 11:1-4   
      
   5 (Mt 6:2; 6:16; Mk 11:25) "When you pray, you shall not be like   
   the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues   
   and on the street corners that they may be seen by men.   
   Truly I say to you, they have their reward.   
   6 (2Ki 4:33; Isa 26:20) But you, when you pray, enter your closet,   
   and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret.   
   And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.   
   7 (1Ki 18:26-29; Mt 6:32) But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions,   
   as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much   
   speaking.   
   8 (Mt 6:32; Ps 38:9 ) Do not be like them, for your Father knows   
   what things you have need of before you ask Him.   
   9 "Therefore pray in this manner:   
   Our Father who is in heaven,   
   hallowed be Your name.   
   10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;   
   Your will be done   
   on earth, as it is in heaven.   
   11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.   
   12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,   
   as we forgive our debtors.   
   13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,   
   but deliver us from evil.   
   For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.   
   14 (Mk 11:25; Eph 4:32) For if you forgive men for their sins,   
   your heavenly Father will also forgive you.   
   15 (Mt 18:35)But if you do not forgive men for their sins,   
   neither will your Father forgive your sins.   
      
   [5] And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: 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.   
   [6] 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.   
   [7] But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they   
   think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.   
   [8] Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things   
   ye have need of, before ye ask him.   
   [9] After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,   
   Hallowed be thy name.   
   [10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.   
   [11] Give us this day our daily bread.   
   [12] And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.   
   [13] 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.   
   [14] For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also   
   forgive you:   
   [15] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father   
   forgive your trespasses.   
      
   Teaching About Fasting   
      
   16 (Mt 6:2; Ps 35:13) "Moreover, when you fast, do not be like   
   the hypocrites with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces   
   so they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you,   
   they have their reward.   
   17 (Ru 3:3) But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,   
   18 (Mt 6:4; 6:6) so that you will not appear to men to be fasting,   
   but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret   
   will reward you openly.   
      
   [16] 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.   
   [17] But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;   
   [18] 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.   
      
   Treasures in Heaven   
   Lk 12:33-34   
      
   19 (Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21) "Do not store up for yourselves treasures   
   on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.   
   20 (Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21)But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where   
   neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,   
   21 (Lk 12:34) for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.   
      
   [19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust   
   doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:   
   [20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor   
   rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:   
   [21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.   
      
   The Light of the Body   
   Lk 11:34-36   
   22 "The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is clear,   
   your whole body will be full of light.   
   23 (Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22) But if your eye is unclear, your whole body   
   will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness,   
   how great is that darkness!   
      
   [22] The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy   
   whole body shall be full of light.   
   [23] 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 is that darkness!   
   God and Money   
      
   24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) "No one 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.   
   You cannot serve God and money.   
      
   [24] 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.   
      
   Care and Anxiety   
   Lk 12:22-34   
      
   25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you, take no thought   
   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 than clothing?   
   26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow,   
      
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