A   Take heade, þt; ye geue not your almose in the sight of men, to the intent that ye wold be sene of them. Or els ye haue no rewarde with youre father which is in heauen. Therfore, wh&abar; thou geuest thyne almes, let not tr&obar;petes be blow&ebar; before the, as þe; ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes: for to be praysed of men. Uerely, I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde. But when thou wylt geue almes, let not thy left hande knowe what thy ryghte hande doth, that thyne almes maye be in secrete: and thy father whych seeth in secrete, shall rewarde the openly. &cross3;

And when thou prayest ^note thou shalt not be as the ypocrytes are. For they vse to st&abar;d praieng in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, that they maye be sene of men. Uerely, I saye vnto you: they haue theyr rewarde. But when thou prayest ^note entre into thy chamber, ∧ when thou hast shut thy dore praye to thy father which is in secrete: B   ∧ thy father which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

But when ye praye ^note bable not moch, as the heathen do: for they thyncke it will come to passe, that they shalbe herd for their moch bablynges sake. Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. ^noteFor youre father knoweth what

thinges ye haue neade of before ye aske of h&ibar;: after thys maner therfore praye ye.

^noteOure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. Lett thy kyngdome come. Thy will be fulfylled, as well in earth, as it is in heauen. Geue vs this daye oure daylye bread. And forgeue vs our &rhand; dettes, as we forgeue oure detters. And leade vs not into temptacyon: but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome and the power, and the glorye for euer. Amen. Therfore, ^note yf ye forgeue other m&ebar; theyr trespasses, your heu&ebar;ly father shall forgeue you. (youre trespasses.) But yf ye wyll not forgeue men theyr trespasses, nomore shall your father forgeue you youre trespasses.

&cross2; Moreouer, ^note when ye fast, be not sad as the ypocrites are. For they disfigure their faces, that it maye appeare vnto men, how that they fast. C   Uerely, I saye vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde. But thou, wh&ebar; thou fastest, anoynte thyne heed, and wash thy face, that it appere not vnto men, how that thou fastest: but vnto thy father, which is &ibar; secret: and thy father which seeth in secrete, shal rewarde the openly.

Laye not vp for your selues treasure vp&obar; earth, where the rust and mothe doth corrupte, and where theues breake through, and steale. ^noteBut laye vp for you, treasures &ibar; heuen, where nether rust nor mothe doth corrupte, and where theues do not breake thorow nor steale. For where your treasure is, there will youre hert be also. &cross3;

^noteThe light of the body is the eye. Wherfore, yf thyne eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. But and yf thyne eye be wicked, all thy body shalbe full of darcknesse. Wherfore, yf the lyght þt; is in the be darcknes, how greate is that darcknes?

&cross2; ^note No man can serue two masters. For ether he shal hate the one and loue the other, or els leane to the one, and despyse the other: ye cannot serue God and Mammon. D   Therfore I saye vnto you: ^note be not carefull for youre lyfe, what ye shall eate or drincke, nor yet for youre bodye, what rayment ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth th&ebar; meat: and the body more of value then rayment? Behold, the foules of the ayer: for they sowe not, nether do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: and youre heuenly father fedeth th&ebar;. Are ye not moch better then they?

^noteWhych of you (by takynge carefull thought) can adde one cubyte vnto hys stature? And why care ye for rayment? Consydre the lylies of the felde, how they growe. They laboure not, nether do they spynne. And yet I saye vnto you, that euen Salomon in all hys royalte was not arayed lyke one of these. Wherfore, yf God so cloth the grasse of the felde (which though it stande to daye, is to morow cast into þe; fornasse) shall he not moch more do the same for you, O ye of lytle fayth?

Therfore, take no thought, saying: what shall we eate, or what shall we dryncke, or wherwith shall we be clothed? after all these thynges do the gentyls seke. For youre heuenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. But rather seke ye fyrst þe; kyngdome of God, and the ryghteousnesse therof, and al these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you. &cross3;

Care not then for the morow, for the morowe daye shall care for it selfe: sufficient vnto the daye, is the trauayle therof.

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