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Matthew 6:16-25

16MoreoverwhenG3752yefastνηστεύητε,nēsteuēteG3522,benot,asthehypocritesG5273,ofasadcountenance:fortheydisfiguretheirfacesG4383,thattheymaybeseenofmenG444tofastνηστεύοντες.nēsteuontesG3522. VerilyIsayλέγωlegōG3004untoyou,TheyhavereceivedtheirrewardμισθὸνmisthonG3408.

17Butthou,whenthou fastest,anointἄλειψαίaleipsaiG218thyheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776,andwashνίψαιnipsaiG3538thyfaceπρόσωπόνprosōponG4383;

18thatthoubenotseenβλέπωνblepōnG991ofmenG444tofastνηστεύωνnēsteuōnG3522,butofthyFatherπατρίpatriG3962whoisinsecretG2927:andthyFatherπατήρpatērG3962,whoseethinsecretG2927,shallrecompense thee.

19LaynotupforyourselvesG4771treasuresG2344upontheearthγῆς,gēsG1093,whereὅπουhopouG3699mothσὴςsēsG4597andrustβρῶσιςbrōsisG1035consume,andwhereὅπουhopouG3699thievesG2812breakδιορύσσουσινdiorussousinG1358throughandstealκλέπτουσιν·kleptousinG2813:

20butlayupforyourselvesG4771treasuresG2344inheavenοὐρανῷ,ouranōG3772,whereὅπουhopouG3699neithermothσὴςsēsG4597norrustβρῶσιςbrōsisG1035doth consume,andwhereὅπουhopouG3699thievesG2812donotbreakδιορύσσουσινdiorussousinG1358throughnorstealκλέπτουσιν·kleptousinG2813:

21forwhereὅπουhopouG3699thytreasureθησαυρόςthēsaurosG2344isG1510,therewillthyheartκαρδίαkardiaG2588beG1510alsoκαὶkaiG2532.

22ThelampλύχνοςluchnosG3088ofthebodyσώματόςsōmatosG4983isG1510theeyeὀφθαλμός.ophthalmosG3788:ifthereforeοὖνounG3767thineeyeὀφθαλμόςophthalmosG3788beG1510single, thywholeὅλονholonG3650bodyσῶμάsōmaG4983shallbeG1510fulloflightφωτεινὸνphōteinonG5460.

23ButifthineeyeὀφθαλμόςophthalmosG3788beG1510evilπονηρὸςponērosG4190, thywholeG3650bodyσῶμάsōmaG4983shallbeG1510fullofdarknessσκότοςskotosG4655.IfthereforeG3767thelightφῶςphōsG5457thatisG1510intheebeG1510darknessσκότοςskotosG4655,howπόσον.¶posonG4214greatisG1510thedarknessG4655!

24Nomancanserveδουλεύειν·douleueinG1398twoδυσὶdusiG1417mastersκυρίοιςkurioisG2962:foreitherhewillhateμισήσειmisēseiG3404theoneἕναhenaG1520,andloveἀγαπήσειagapēseiG25theotherἕτερονheteronG2087;orelsehewillholdtooneἑνὸςhenosG1520,anddespiseκαταφρονήσει.kataphronēseiG2706theotherἑτέρουheterouG2087. YecannotserveδουλεύεινdouleueinG1398GodθεῷtheōG2316andmammon.

25ThereforeIsayλέγωlegōG3004untoyou,BeG1510notanxiousμεριμνᾶτεmerimnateG3309foryourlifeψυχῇpsuchēaG5590,whatyeshalleatG2068,orwhatyeshalldrink;noryetforyourbodyσώματιsōmatiG4983,whatyeshallputἐνδύσησθε.endusēstheG1746on.IsG1510notthelifeψυχὴpsuchēG5590moreG4183thanthefoodτροφῆςtrophēsG5160,andthebodyσῶμαsōmaG4983thantheraiment?

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