Matthew

1Take 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.

2Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

3But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.

4That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

5And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

6But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

7And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

8Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

9Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

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

13And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

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

15But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

16And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

17But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

18That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

19Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

20But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

21For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.

22The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.

23But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be!

24No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

25Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?

26Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

27And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?

28And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

29But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

30And if the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

31Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

32For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

33Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

34Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

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。」