Matthew

1“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable givingbefore men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

2Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

3But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

5“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

7In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

8Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

9Pray like this:“‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

10Let your Kingdom come.Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11Give us today our daily bread.

12Forgive us our debts,as we also forgive our debtors.

13Bring us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

14“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

15But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

21for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

25Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

27“Which of you by being anxious, can add one momentto his lifespan?

28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

31“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

論施捨

1「你們要小心，不可將善事行在人的面前，故意叫他們看見，若是這樣，就不能得你們天父的賞賜了。

2所以，你施捨的時候，不可在你前面吹號，像那假冒為善的人在會堂裏和街道上所行的，故意要得人的榮耀。我實在告訴你們，他們已經得了他們的賞賜。

3你施捨的時候，不要叫左手知道右手所做的，

4要叫你施捨的事行在暗中。你父在暗中察看，必然報答你。」

論禱告

5「你們禱告的時候，不可像那假冒為善的人，愛站在會堂裏和十字路口上禱告，故意叫人看見。我實在告訴你們，他們已經得了他們的賞賜。

6你禱告的時候，要進你的內屋，關上門，禱告你在暗中的父；你父在暗中察看，必然報答你。

7你們禱告，不可像外邦人，用許多重複話，他們以為話多了必蒙垂聽。

8你們不可效法他們；因為你們沒有祈求以先，你們所需用的，你們的父早已知道了。

9所以，你們禱告要這樣說：我們在天上的父： 願人都尊你的名為聖。

10願你的國降臨； 願你的旨意行在地上， 如同行在天上。

11我們日用的飲食，今日賜給我們。

12免我們的債， 如同我們免了人的債。

13不叫我們遇見試探； 救我們脫離凶惡。 因為國度、權柄、榮耀，全是你的， 直到永遠。阿們！

14「你們饒恕人的過犯，你們的天父也必饒恕你們的過犯；

15你們不饒恕人的過犯，你們的天父也必不饒恕你們的過犯。」

論禁食

16「你們禁食的時候，不可像那假冒為善的人，臉上帶着愁容；因為他們把臉弄得難看，故意叫人看出他們是禁食。我實在告訴你們，他們已經得了他們的賞賜。

17你禁食的時候，要梳頭洗臉，

18不叫人看出你禁食來，只叫你暗中的父看見；你父在暗中察看，必然報答你。」

論天上的財寶

19「不要為自己積攢財寶在地上；地上有蟲子咬，能銹壞，也有賊挖窟窿來偷。

20只要積攢財寶在天上；天上沒有蟲子咬，不能銹壞，也沒有賊挖窟窿來偷。

21因為你的財寶在哪裏，你的心也在那裏。」

論心裏的光

22「眼睛就是身上的燈。你的眼睛若瞭亮，全身就光明；

23你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你裏頭的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！」

論上帝和財利

24「一個人不能事奉兩個主；不是惡這個、愛那個，就是重這個、輕那個。你們不能又事奉上帝，又事奉瑪門。」

不要憂慮

25「所以我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼，喝甚麼；為身體憂慮穿甚麼。生命不勝於飲食嗎？身體不勝於衣裳嗎？

26你們看那天上的飛鳥，也不種，也不收，也不積蓄在倉裏，你們的天父尚且養活牠。你們不比飛鳥貴重得多嗎？

27你們哪一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢？

28何必為衣裳憂慮呢？你想野地裏的百合花怎麼長起來；它也不勞苦，也不紡線。

29然而我告訴你們，就是所羅門極榮華的時候，他所穿戴的，還不如這花一朵呢！

30你們這小信的人哪！野地裏的草今天還在，明天就丟在爐裏，上帝還給它這樣的妝飾，何況你們呢！

31所以，不要憂慮說，吃甚麼？喝甚麼？穿甚麼？

32這都是外邦人所求的。你們需用的這一切東西，你們的天父是知道的。

33你們要先求他的國和他的義，這些東西都要加給你們了。

34所以，不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮；一天的難處一天當就夠了。」