(43)Ye have heard that it hath been said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy." (44)But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who treat you insolently, and persecute you; (45)that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he causeth his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and tendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (46)For if ye love those who love you, what reward have you? do not even the publicans the same thing? (47)And if ye embrace your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? do not even the publicans so? (48)Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. CHAP. VI. TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. (2)Therefore when thou givest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They receive their reward. (3)But when thou givest alms, let not thy right hand know what thy left is doing: (4)that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly. (5)And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. (6)But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and shut thy door, to pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. (7)And when thou art at prayer, use not vain repetitions, like the heathen: for they imagine that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (8)Be not ye therefore like them: for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need, before you ask him. (9)Thus then pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. (10)Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (11)Give us this day our daily bread. (12)And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (13)And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen! (14)For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: (15)but if ye forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences. (16)And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. (17)But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; (18)that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.