1 Christ continues his sermon on the mount, exhorting not to be careful for worldly things,
33 but to seek God's kingdom.

heed. 16:6 Mr 8:15 Lu 11:35 12:1,15 Heb 2:1

alms. or, righteousness. De 24:13 Ps 112:9 Da 4:27 2Co 9:9,10

to be. 5,16 5:16 23:5,14,28-30 2Ki 10:16,31 Eze 33:31 Zec 7:5 13:4 Lu 16:15 Joh 5:44 12:43 Ga 6:12

otherwise. 4,6 5:46 10:41,42 16:27 25:40 1Co 9:17,18 Heb 6:10 11:26 2Jo 1:8

of your. or, with your. 9 5:48

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.

when. Job 31:16-20 Ps 37:21 112:9 Pr 19:17 Ec 11:2 Isa 58:7,10-12 Lu 11:41 12:33 Joh 13:29 Ac 9:36 10:2,4,31 11:29 24:17 Ro 12:8 2Co 9:6-15 Ga 2:10 Eph 4:28 1Ti 6:18 Phm 1:7 Heb 13:16 Jas 2:15,16 1Pe 4:11 1Jo 3:17-19

do not sound a trumpet. or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded. Pr 20:6 Ho 8:1

as. 5 7:5 15:7 16:3 22:18 23:13-29 24:51 Isa 9:17 10:6 Mr 7:6 Lu 6:42 12:56 13:15

in the synagogues. 5 23:6 Mr 12:39 Lu 11:43 20:46

glory. 1Sa 15:30 Joh 5:41,44 7:18 1Th 2:6

verily. 5,16 5:18

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

let. 8:4 9:30 12:19 Mr 1:44 Joh 7:4

4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

seeth. 6,18 Ps 17:3 44:21 139:1-3,12 Jer 17:10 23:24 Heb 4:13 Re 2:23

reward. 10:42 25:34-40 1Sa 2:30 Lu 8:17 14:14 1Co 4:5 Jude 1:24

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.

when. 7:7,8 9:38 21:22 Ps 5:2 55:17 Pr 15:8 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 29:12 Da 6:10 9:4 *etc: Lu 18:1 Joh 16:24 Eph 6:18 Col 4:2,3 1Th 5:17 Jas 5:15,16

thou shalt not. 2 23:14 Job 27:8-10 Isa 1:15 Lu 18:10,11 20:47

for. 23:6 Mr 12:38 Lu 11:43

Verily. 2 Pr 16:5 Lu 14:12-14 Jas 4:6

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.

enter. 14:23 26:36-39 Ge 32:24-29 2Ki 4:33 Isa 26:20 Joh 1:48 Ac 9:40 10:9,30

pray. Ps 34:15 Isa 65:24 Joh 20:17 Ro 8:5 Eph 3:14

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.

use. 1Ki 18:26-29 Ec 5:2,3,7 Ac 19:34

repetitions. 26:39,42,44 1Ki 8:26-54 Da 9:18,19

the heathen. 32 18:17

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

your. 32 Ps 38:9 69:17-19 Lu 12:30 Joh 16:23-27 Php 4:6

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

this. Lu 11:1,2

Our. 1,6,14 5:16,48 7:11 10:29 26:29,42 Isa 63:16 64:8 Lu 15:18,21 Joh 20:17 Ro 1:7 8:15 Ga 1:1 4:6 1Pe 1:17

which. 23:9 2Ch 20:6 Ps 115:3 Isa 57:15 66:1

Hallowed. Le 10:3 2Sa 7:26 1Ki 8:43 1Ch 17:24 Ne 9:5 Ps 72:18 111:9 Isa 6:3 37:20 Eze 36:23 38:23 Hab 2:14 Zec 14:9 Mal 1:11 Lu 2:14 11:2 1Ti 6:16 Re 4:11 5:12

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

Thy kingdom. 3:2 4:17 16:28 Ps 2:6 Isa 2:2 Jer 23:5 Da 2:44 7:13,27 Zec 9:9 Mr 11:10 Lu 19:11,38 Col 1:13 Re 11:15 12:10 19:6 20:4

Thy will. 7:21 12:50 26:42 Ps 40:8 Mr 3:35 Joh 4:34 6:40 7:17 Ac 13:22 21:14 22:14 Ro 12:2 Eph 6:6 Col 1:9 1Th 4:3 5:18 Heb 10:7,36 13:21 1Pe 2:15 4:2

as. Ne 9:6 Ps 103:19-21 Da 4:35 Heb 1:14

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

4:4 Ex 16:16-35 Job 23:12 Ps 33:18,19 34:10 Pr 30:8 Isa 33:16 Lu 11:3 Joh 6:31 *etc: 2Th 3:12 1Ti 6:8

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

forgive. Ex 34:7 1Ki 8:30,34,39,50 Ps 32:1 130:4 Isa 1:18 Da 9:19 Ac 13:38 Eph 1:7 1Jo 1:7-9

debts. 18:21-27,34 Lu 7:40-48 11:4

as. 14,15 18:21,22,28-35 Ne 5:12,13 Mr 11:25,26 Lu 6:37 17:3-5 Eph 4:32 Col 3:13

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.

lead. 26:41 Ge 22:1 De 8:2,16 Pr 30:8 Lu 22:31-46 1Co 10:13 2Co 12:7-9 Heb 11:36 1Pe 5:8 2Pe 2:9 Re 2:10 3:10

deliver. 1Ch 4:10 Ps 121:7,8 Jer 15:21 Joh 17:15 Ga 1:4 1Th 1:10 2Ti 4:17,18 Heb 2:14,15 1Jo 3:8 5:18,19 Re 7:14-17 21:4

thine. 10 Ex 15:18 1Ch 29:11 Ps 10:16 47:2,7 145:10-13 Da 4:25,34,35 7:18 1Ti 1:17 6:15-17 Re 5:13 19:1

Amen. 28:20 Nu 5:22 De 27:15 *etc: 1Ki 1:36 1Ch 16:36 Ps 41:13 72:19 89:52 106:48 Jer 28:6 1Co 14:16 2Co 1:20 Re 1:18 3:14 19:4

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

12 7:2 18:21-35 Pr 21:13 Mr 11:25,26 Eph 4:32 Col 3:13 Jas 2:13 1Jo 3:10

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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.

when. 9:14,15 2Sa 12:16,21 Ne 1:4 Es 4:16 Ps 35:13 69:10 109:24 Da 9:3 Lu 2:37 Ac 10:30 13:2,3 14:23 1Co 7:5 2Co 6:5 11:27

be. 2,5 1Ki 21:27 Isa 58:3-5 Zec 7:3-5 Mal 3:14 Mr 2:18 Lu 18:12

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

anoint. Ru 3:3 2Sa 14:2 Ec 9:8 Da 10:2,3

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.

appear. 2Co 5:9 10:18 Col 3:22-24 1Pe 2:13

shall. 4,6 Ro 2:6 1Pe 1:7

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Job 31:24 Ps 39:6 62:10 Pr 11:4 16:16 23:5 Ec 2:26 5:10-14 Zep 1:18 Lu 12:21 18:24 1Ti 6:8-10,17 Heb 13:5 Jas 5:1-3 1Jo 2:15,16

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:

19:21 Isa 33:6 Lu 12:33 18:22 1Ti 6:17 Heb 10:34 11:26 Jas 2:5 1Pe 1:4 5:4 Re 2:9

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

where. Isa 33:6 Lu 12:34 2Co 4:18

there. 12:34 Pr 4:23 Jer 4:14 22:17 Ac 8:21 Ro 7:5-7 Phm 1:3,19 Col 3:1-3 Heb 3:12

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

light of. Lu 11:34-36

single. Ac 2:46 2Co 11:3 Eph 6:5 Col 3:22

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!

thine. 20:15 Isa 44:18-20 Mr 7:22 Eph 4:18 5:8 1Jo 2:11

If. 23:16 *etc: Pr 26:12 Isa 5:20,21 8:20 Jer 4:22 8:8,9 Lu 8:10 Joh 9:39-41 Ro 1:22 2:17-23 1Co 1:18-20 2:14 3:18,19 Re 3:17,18

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.

serve. 4:10 Jos 24:15,19,20 1Sa 7:3 1Ki 18:21 2Ki 17:33,34,41 Eze 20:39 Zep 1:5 Lu 16:13 Ro 6:16-22 Ga 1:10 2Ti 4:10 Jas 4:4 1Jo 2:15,16

mammon. Lu 16:9,11,13 1Ti 6:9,10,17

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?

I say. 5:22-28 Lu 12:4,5,8,9,22

Take. 31,34 10:19 13:22 Ps 55:22 Mr 4:19 13:11 Lu 8:14 10:40,41 Lu 12:22,23,25,26,29 1Co 7:32 Php 4:6 2Ti 2:4 Heb 13:5,6 1Pe 5:7

Is not. Lu 12:23 Ro 8:32

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?

the fowls. 10:29-31 Ge 1:29-31 Job 35:11 38:41 Ps 104:11,12,27,28 Ps 145:15,16 147:9 Lu 12:6,7,24 *etc:

your. 32 7:9 Lu 12:32To Levites...... 6,750

Beeves...... 72,000
To soldiers..... 36,000

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

by. 5:36 Ps 39:6 Ec 3:14 Lu 12:25,26 1Co 12:18

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

why. 25,31 10:10 Lu 3:11 22:35,36

the lilies. Lu 12:27

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

even. 1Ki 10:5-7 2Ch 9:4-6,20-22 1Ti 2:9,10 1Pe 3:2-5

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

clothe. Ps 90:5,6 92:7 Isa 40:6-8 Lu 12:28 Jas 1:10,11 1Pe 1:24

O ye. 8:26 14:31 16:8 17:17 Mr 4:40 9:19 Lu 9:41 Joh 20:27 Heb 3:12

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

What shall we eat. 4:4 15:33 Le 25:20-22 2Ch 25:9 Ps 37:3 55:22 78:18-31 Lu 12:29 1Pe 5:7

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

after. 5:46,47 20:25,26 Ps 17:14 Lu 12:30 Eph 4:17 1Th 4:5

for your. 8 Ps 103:13 Lu 11:11-13 12:30

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

seek. 1Ki 3:11-13 17:13 2Ch 1:7-12 31:20,21 Pr 2:1-9 3:9,10 Hag 1:2-11 2:16-19 Lu 12:31 Joh 6:27

the kingdom. 3:2 4:17 13:44-46 Ac 20:25 28:31 Ro 14:17 Col 1:13,14 2Th 1:5 2Pe 1:11

his. 5:6 Isa 45:24 Jer 23:6 Lu 1:6 Ro 1:17 3:21,22 10:3 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 Php 3:9 2Pe 1:1

and all. 19:29 Le 25:20,21 Ps 34:9,10 37:3,18,19,25 84:11,12 Mr 10:30 Lu 18:29,30 Ro 8:31 1Co 3:22 1Ti 4:8

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.

no. 11,25 Ex 16:18-20 La 3:23

for. De 33:25 1Ki 17:4-6,14-16 2Ki 7:1,2 Lu 11:3 Heb 13:5,6

Sufficient. Joh 14:27 16:33 Ac 14:22 1Th 3:3,4