11. Give us the food we need for today.
12. Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who did wrong to us.
13. Don’t let us be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.’
14. Yes, if you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, then your Father in heaven will also forgive your wrongs.
15. But if you don’t forgive others, then your Father in heaven will not forgive the wrongs you do.
16. “When you fast, don’t make yourselves look sad like the hypocrites. They put a look of suffering on their faces so that people will see they are fasting. The truth is, that’s all the reward they will get.
17. So when you fast, wash your face and make yourself look nice.
18. Then no one will know you are fasting, except your Father, who is with you even in private. He can see what is done in private, and he will reward you.
19. “Don’t save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy them. And thieves can break into your house and steal them.
20. Instead, save your treasures in heaven, where they cannot be destroyed by moths or rust and where thieves cannot break in and steal them.
21. Your heart will be where your treasure is.
22. “The only source of light for the body is the eye. If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light.
23. But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness. And if the only light you have is really darkness, you have the worst kind of darkness.
24. “You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one and love the other, or you will be loyal to one and not care about the other. You cannot serve God and Money at the same time.
25. “So I tell you, don’t worry about the things you need to live—what you will eat, drink, or wear. Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it.
26. Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or save food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Don’t you know you are worth much more than they are?
27. You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it.
28. “And why do you worry about clothes? Look at the wildflowers in the field. See how they grow. They don’t work or make clothes for themselves.
29. But I tell you that even Solomon, the great and rich king, was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers.