Jesus' Teaching on Almsgiving |
| 1 |
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: Mt. 23.5 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.
|
Jesus' Teaching on Prayer |
| Lk. 11.2-4 |
| 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. Lk. 18.10-14 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, 1 Chr. 29.11 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. Mk. 11.25, 26
|
Jesus' Teaching on Fasting |
| 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.
|
Treasure in Heaven |
| Lk. 12.32-34 |
| 19 |
¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, Jas. 5.2, 3 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. 11.33-36 |
| 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 Mammon |
| Lk. 16.13 |
| 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. 12.22-31 |
| 25 |
¶ 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?
|
| 26 |
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?
|
| 27 |
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
|
| 28 |
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
|
| 29 |
and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory 1 Kgs. 10.4-7 · 2 Chr. 9.3-6 was not arrayed like one of these.
|
| 30 |
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
|
| 31 |
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
|
| 32 |
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
|
| 33 |
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
|
| 34 |
¶ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
|
