Matthew 6
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Matthew 6:16-25

16“When you fast, stop looking sad like hypocrites. They put on sad faces to make it obvious that they’re fasting. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward.

17When you fast, wash your face and comb your hair.

18Then your fasting won’t be obvious. Instead, it will be obvious to your Father who is with you in private. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.

19“Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal.

20Instead, store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust don’t destroy and thieves don’t break in and steal.

21Your heart will be where your treasure is.

22“The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be full of light.

23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light in you is darkness, how dark it will be!

24“No one can serve two masters. He will hate the first master and love the second, or he will be devoted to the first and despise the second. You cannot serve God and wealth.

25“So I tell you to stop worrying about what you will eat, drink, or wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes?

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