Verse 1
Matthew 6:1
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
Original Language Text
greek
Προσέχετε ⸀δὲ τὴν ⸀δικαιοσύνην ὑμῶν μὴ ποιεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς· εἰ δὲ μή γε, μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
English Translation
Take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; if not, you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
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Chapter 6 Context
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Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have...
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Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the s...
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But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
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That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
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And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues...
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But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father...
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And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speakin...
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Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask h...
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Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.
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And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
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For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences...
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But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.
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And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appe...
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But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
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That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in...
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Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves bre...
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But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and wher...
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For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.
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The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.
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But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkn...
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No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustai...
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Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what...
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Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your...
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And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?
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And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour...
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But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
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And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God (Elohim) do...
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Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall w...
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For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all t...
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Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God (Elohim), and his justice, and all these things shall be...
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Be not therefore solicitous for to morrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient...
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