Matthew 6

Matthew 6:3

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

Do thine alms so secretly, that, if it were possible, thou mightest even hide them from thine own self.

Matthew 6:17

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

When thou fastest privately, upon the occasions of thine own humiliation, make no shew of it, outwardly to others; but rather compose thyself to cheerfulness in the view of thy neighbours.

Matthew 6:22

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

As the eye is to the body, so is reason to the soul; the light and direction to all the other parts and faculties: if the eye of the body be clear, all the members of the body receive perfect direction for their motions.

Matthew 6:23

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!

But if there be a blemish or defect in the eye, all the body

Matthew 6:24

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.

No man can serve two opposite masters; neither can he divide himself betwixt them, to please them both: if he love the one, he must disrespect the other: if he lay to please the one, the other will be offended. So it is betwixt God and riches: if ye be the servants and vassals to your wealth, ye cannot be the servants of God.

Matthew 6:25

Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, &c.

Be ye not anxiously, distrustfully, carkingly careful for the things of this life; for your food, or apparel, or any other necessary or convenient thing for the maintenance of your present life.

Matthew 6:34

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Every day hath trouble and care enough pertaining to the present occasions thereof: we need not burden it besides, with a sad and afflictive thoughtfulness for the affairs and events of future times.