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And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may appear to men: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathens; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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

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.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break thro' nor steal.

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

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cleave to the one and neglect the other.

Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

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

(For after all these things do the heathens seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye need all these things,

Take not therefore thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for itself: sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge,

For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Enter ye in thro' the straight gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are that go in thro' it:

and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell not; for it was founded on a rock.

And when Jesus had ended these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, For he taught them as one having authority,