1When you do good deeds, don't try to show off. If you do, you won't get a reward from your Father in heaven.
2When you give to the poor, don't blow a loud horn. That's what show-offs do in the meeting places and on the street corners, because they are always looking for praise. I can assure you that they already have their reward.
3When you give to the poor, don't let anyone know about it.
4Then your gift will be given in secret. Your Father knows what is done in secret, and he will reward you.
Prayer(Luke 11.2-4)Jesus continued:5When you pray, don't be like those show-offs who love to stand up and pray in the meeting places and on the street corners. They do this just to look good. I can assure you that they already have their reward.
6When you pray, go into a room alone and close the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private, and he will reward you.
7When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.
8Don't be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask.
9You should pray like this:
Our Father in heaven,
help us to honour
your name.
10Come and set up
your kingdom,
so that everyone on earth
will obey you,
as you are obeyed
in heaven.
11Give us our food for today.
12Forgive us for doing wrong,
as we forgive others.
13Keep us from being tempted
and protect us from evil.
14If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward.
17Instead, comb your hair and wash your face.
18Then others won't know that you are going without eating. But your Father sees what is done in private, and he will reward you.
Treasures in heaven(Luke 12.33,34)Jesus continued:19Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them.
28Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes.
29But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them.1 K 10.4-7; 2 Ch 9.3-6.
30God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?
31Don't worry and ask yourselves, “Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?”
32Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these.
33But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
34Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today.
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