New International Reader's Version

Matthew 6:13-27 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

13. Keep us from falling into sin when we are tempted. Save us from the evil one.'

14. "Forgive people when they sin against you. If you do, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you.

15. But if you do not forgive people their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

16. "When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I'm about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.

17. "But when you go without eating, put olive oil on your head. Wash your face.

18. Then others will not know that you are fasting. Only your Father, who can't be seen, will know it. He will reward you. Your Father sees what is done secretly.

19. "Do not put away riches for yourselves on earth. Moths and rust can destroy them. Thieves can break in and steal them.

20. Instead, put away riches for yourselves in heaven. There, moths and rust do not destroy them. There, thieves do not break in and steal them.

21. Your heart will be where your riches are.

22. "The eye is like a lamp for the body. Suppose your eyes are good. Then your whole body will be full of light.

23. But suppose your eyes are bad. Then your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light inside you is darkness, then it is very dark!

24. "No one can serve two masters at the same time. He will hate one of them and love the other. Or he will be faithful to one and dislike the other. You can't serve God and Money at the same time.

25. "I tell you, do not worry. Don't worry about your life and what you will eat or drink. And don't worry about your body and what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than eating? Aren't there more important things for the body than clothes?

26. "Look at the birds of the air. They don't plant or gather crops. They don't put away crops in storerooms. But your Father who is in heaven feeds them. Aren't you worth much more than they are?

27. "Can you add even one hour to your life by worrying?