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Matthew 6 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Внемли́те ми́лостыни ва́шеѧ не твори́ти пред̾ человѣ̑ки, да ви́дими бꙋ́дете и҆́ми: а҆́ще ли же нѝ, мзды̀ не и҆́мате ѿ ѻ҆ц҃а̀ ва́шегѡ, и҆́же є҆́сть на нб҃сѣ́хъ.
1 “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 Є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆̀бо твори́ши ми́лостыню, не вострꙋбѝ пред̾ собо́ю, ꙗ҆́коже лицемѣ́ри творѧ́тъ въ со́нмищихъ и҆ въ сто́гнахъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да просла́вѧтсѧ ѿ человѣ̑къ. А҆ми́нь гл҃ю ва́мъ, воспрїе́млютъ мздꙋ̀ свою̀.
2 Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
3 Тебѣ́ же творѧ́щꙋ ми́лостыню, да не ᲂу҆вѣ́сть шꙋ́йца твоѧ̀, что̀ твори́тъ десни́ца твоѧ̀,
3 But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,
4 ꙗ҆́кѡ да бꙋ́детъ ми́лостынѧ твоѧ̀ въ та́йнѣ: и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ъ тво́й, ви́дѧй въ та́йнѣ, то́й возда́стъ тебѣ̀ ꙗ҆́вѣ.
4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
5 И҆ є҆гда̀ мо́лишисѧ, не бꙋ́ди ꙗ҆́коже лицемѣ́ри, ꙗ҆́кѡ лю́бѧтъ въ со́нмищихъ и҆ въ сто́гнахъ пꙋті́й стоѧ́ще моли́тисѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да ꙗ҆вѧ́тсѧ человѣ́кѡмъ. А҆ми́нь гл҃ю ва́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ воспрїе́млютъ мздꙋ̀ свою̀.
5 “When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
6 Ты́ же, є҆гда̀ мо́лишисѧ, вни́ди въ клѣ́ть твою̀, и҆ затвори́въ двє́ри твоѧ̑, помоли́сѧ ѻ҆ц҃ꙋ̀ твоемꙋ̀, и҆́же въ та́йнѣ: и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ъ тво́й, ви́дѧй въ та́йнѣ, возда́стъ тебѣ̀ ꙗ҆́вѣ.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
7 Молѧ́щесѧ же не ли́шше глаго́лите, ꙗ҆́коже ꙗ҆зы̑чницы: мнѧ́тъ бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ во многоглаго́ланїи свое́мъ ᲂу҆слы́шани бꙋ́дꙋтъ:
7 In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
8 не подо́битесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо и҆̀мъ: вѣ́сть бо ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ, и҆́хже тре́бꙋете, пре́жде проше́нїѧ ва́шегѡ.
8 Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
9 Си́це ᲂу҆̀бо моли́тесѧ вы̀: ѻ҆́ч҃е на́шъ, и҆́же є҆сѝ на нб҃сѣ́хъ, да ст҃и́тсѧ и҆́мѧ твоѐ:
9 Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
10 да прїи́детъ црⷭ҇твїе твоѐ: да бꙋ́детъ во́лѧ твоѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ на нб҃сѝ, и҆ на землѝ:
10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 хлѣ́бъ на́шъ насꙋ́щный да́ждь на́мъ дне́сь:
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 и҆ ѡ҆ста́ви на́мъ до́лги на́шѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆ мы̀ ѡ҆ставлѧ́емъ должникѡ́мъ на́шымъ:
12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
13◆ и҆ не введѝ на́съ въ напа́сть, но и҆зба́ви на́съ ѿ лꙋка́вагѡ: ꙗ҆́кѡ твоѐ є҆́сть црⷭ҇твїе и҆ си́ла и҆ сла́ва во вѣ́ки. А҆ми́нь.
13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
14 А҆́ще бо ѿпꙋща́ете человѣ́кѡмъ согрѣшє́нїѧ и҆́хъ, ѿпꙋ́ститъ и҆ ва́мъ ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ нбⷭ҇ный:
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 а҆́ще ли не ѿпꙋща́ете человѣ́кѡмъ согрѣшє́нїѧ и҆́хъ, ни ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ ѿпꙋ́ститъ ва́мъ согрѣше́нїй ва́шихъ.
15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Є҆гда́ же постите́сѧ, не бꙋ́дите ꙗ҆́коже лицемѣ́ри сѣ́тꙋюще: помрача́ютъ бо ли́ца своѧ̑, ꙗ҆́кѡ да ꙗ҆вѧ́тсѧ человѣ́кѡмъ постѧ́щесѧ. А҆ми́нь гл҃ю ва́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ воспрїе́млютъ мздꙋ̀ свою̀.
16 “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
17 Ты́ же постѧ́сѧ пома́жи главꙋ̀ твою̀, и҆ лицѐ твоѐ ᲂу҆мы́й,
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 ꙗ҆́кѡ да не ꙗ҆ви́шисѧ человѣ́кѡмъ постѧ́сѧ, но ѻ҆ц҃ꙋ̀ твоемꙋ̀, и҆́же въ та́йнѣ: и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ъ тво́й, ви́дѧй въ та́йнѣ, возда́стъ тебѣ̀ ꙗ҆́вѣ.
18 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
19 Не скрыва́йте себѣ̀ сокро́вищъ на землѝ, и҆дѣ́же че́рвь и҆ тлѧ̀ тли́тъ, и҆ и҆дѣ́же та́тїе подко́пываютъ и҆ кра́дꙋтъ:
19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
20 скрыва́йте же себѣ̀ сокро́вище на нб҃сѝ, и҆дѣ́же ни че́рвь, ни тлѧ̀ тли́тъ, и҆ и҆дѣ́же та́тїе не подко́пываютъ, ни кра́дꙋтъ:
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
21 и҆дѣ́же бо є҆́сть сокро́вище ва́ше, тꙋ̀ бꙋ́детъ и҆ се́рдце ва́ше.
21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 Свѣти́льникъ тѣ́лꙋ є҆́сть ѻ҆́ко. А҆́ще ᲂу҆̀бо бꙋ́детъ ѻ҆́ко твоѐ про́сто, всѐ тѣ́ло твоѐ свѣ́тло бꙋ́детъ:
22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
23 а҆́ще ли ѻ҆́ко твоѐ лꙋка́во бꙋ́детъ, всѐ тѣ́ло твоѐ те́мно бꙋ́детъ. А҆́ще ᲂу҆̀бо свѣ́тъ, и҆́же въ тебѣ̀, тьма̀ є҆́сть, то̀ тьма̀ кольмѝ;
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 Никто́же мо́жетъ двѣма̀ господи́нома рабо́тати: лю́бо є҆ди́наго возлю́битъ, а҆ дрꙋга́го возненави́дитъ: и҆лѝ є҆ди́нагѡ держи́тсѧ, ѡ҆ дрꙋзѣ́мъ же неради́ти на́чнетъ. Не мо́жете бг҃ꙋ рабо́тати и҆ мамѡ́нѣ.
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
25 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди гл҃ю ва́мъ: не пецы́тесѧ дꙋше́ю ва́шею, что̀ ꙗ҆́сте, и҆лѝ что̀ пїе́те: ни тѣ́ломъ ва́шимъ, во что̀ ѡ҆блече́тесѧ. Не дꙋша́ ли бо́льши є҆́сть пи́щи, и҆ тѣ́ло ѻ҆де́жди;
25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Воззри́те на пти̑цы небє́сныѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не сѣ́ютъ, ни жнꙋ́тъ, ни собира́ютъ въ жи̑тницы, и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ нбⷭ҇ный пита́етъ и҆̀хъ. Не вы́ ли па́че лꙋ́чши и҆́хъ є҆стѐ;
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
27 Кто́ же ѿ ва́съ пекі́йсѧ мо́жетъ приложи́ти во́зрастꙋ своемꙋ̀ ла́коть є҆ди́нъ;
27 “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
28 И҆ ѡ҆ ѻ҆де́жди что̀ пече́тесѧ; Смотри́те крі̑нъ се́льныхъ, ка́кѡ растꙋ́тъ: не трꙋжда́ютсѧ, ни прѧдꙋ́тъ:
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
29 гл҃ю же ва́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ни соломѡ́нъ во все́й сла́вѣ свое́й ѡ҆блече́сѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆ди́нъ ѿ си́хъ:
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 а҆́ще же сѣ́но се́льное, дне́сь сꙋ́ще и҆ ᲂу҆́трѣ въ пе́щь вмета́емо, бг҃ъ та́кѡ ѡ҆дѣва́етъ, не мно́гѡ ли па́че ва́съ, маловѣ́ри;
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 Не пецы́тесѧ ᲂу҆́бѡ, глаго́люще: что̀ ꙗ҆́мы, и҆лѝ что̀ пїе́мъ, и҆лѝ чи́мъ ѡ҆де́ждемсѧ;
31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32 Всѣ́хъ бо си́хъ ꙗ҆зы́цы и҆́щꙋтъ: вѣ́сть бо ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ нбⷭ҇ный, ꙗ҆́кѡ тре́бꙋете си́хъ всѣ́хъ.
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 И҆щи́те же пре́жде црⷭ҇твїѧ бж҃їѧ и҆ пра́вды є҆гѡ̀, и҆ сїѧ̑ всѧ̑ приложа́тсѧ ва́мъ.
33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Не пецы́тесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо на ᲂу҆́трей, ᲂу҆́треннїй бо собо́ю пече́тсѧ: довлѣ́етъ дне́ви ѕло́ба є҆гѡ̀.
34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 23:5; John 12:43; Hebrews 6:10; Matthew 23:28–30; Luke 16:15
- 2 Matthew 6:5; 2 Corinthians 9:6–15; John 5:41; Matthew 6:16; James 2:15–16
- 3 John 7:4; Matthew 9:30; Mark 1:44; Matthew 12:19
- 4 Matthew 6:18; Matthew 6:6; Jeremiah 17:10; Luke 14:14; Psalm 44:21
- 5 Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:10–11; Luke 18:13; Mark 11:25; Isaiah 55:6–7
- 6 2 Kings 4:33; Matthew 14:23; Isaiah 65:24; Acts 9:40; Psalm 34:15
- 7 Ecclesiastes 5:2–3; Ecclesiastes 5:7; 1 Kings 18:26–29; Matthew 6:32; Matthew 26:44
- 8 Matthew 6:32; Luke 12:30; Philippians 4:6; John 16:23–27; Psalm 38:9
- 9 Luke 11:1–4; Revelation 4:11; Romans 8:15; Isaiah 64:8; Psalm 111:9
- 10 Hebrews 10:36; Matthew 26:42; Matthew 12:50; John 4:34; 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- 11 Proverbs 30:8; Luke 11:3; Matthew 4:4; Psalm 34:10; John 6:31–59
- 12 Ephesians 4:32; Mark 11:25; Ephesians 1:7; Matthew 18:21–35; Colossians 3:13
- 13 1 Corinthians 10:13; John 17:15; Revelation 7:14–17; Matthew 26:41; 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- 14 Ephesians 4:32; Mark 11:25; Colossians 3:13; Matthew 7:2; James 2:13
- 15 Matthew 18:35
- 16 Isaiah 58:3–5; Matthew 9:14–15; Nehemiah 1:4; Daniel 9:3; Psalm 69:10
- 17 Ruth 3:3; Ecclesiastes 9:8; 2 Samuel 12:20; Daniel 10:2–3; 2 Samuel 14:2
- 18 Matthew 6:6; Matthew 6:4; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 5:9; 1 Peter 2:13
- 19 Hebrews 13:5; 1 John 2:15–16; Luke 12:21; Proverbs 23:4–5; James 5:1–3
- 20 Luke 12:33; Matthew 19:21; 1 Timothy 6:19; James 2:5; Luke 18:22
- 21 Colossians 3:1–3; Luke 12:34; 2 Corinthians 4:18; Proverbs 4:23; Isaiah 33:6
- 22 Luke 11:34–36; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Colossians 3:22
- 23 1 John 2:11; Matthew 6:22; Isaiah 5:20–21; Jeremiah 4:22; Proverbs 26:12
- 24 1 John 2:15–16; Luke 16:13; James 4:4; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Joshua 24:15
- 25 Philippians 4:6; Romans 8:32; 1 Peter 5:7; Psalm 55:22; Luke 12:22–31
- 26 Matthew 10:29–31; Psalm 147:9; Luke 12:24–32; Job 38:41; Psalm 145:15–16
- 27 Luke 12:25–26; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Matthew 5:36; Psalm 39:5–6; 1 Corinthians 12:18
- 28 Matthew 6:25; Philippians 4:6; Luke 12:27; Luke 22:35–36; Matthew 6:31
- 29 2 Chronicles 9:20–22; 2 Chronicles 9:4–6; 1 Timothy 2:9–10; 1 Kings 10:4–7; 1 Peter 3:2–5
- 30 Luke 12:28; Matthew 14:31; 1 Peter 1:24; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 16:8
- 31 1 Peter 5:7; Luke 12:29; Matthew 4:4; Psalm 55:22; Matthew 15:33
- 32 Matthew 6:8; Luke 12:30; Ephesians 4:17; Luke 11:11–13; Psalm 17:14
- 33 Luke 12:31; Matthew 5:6; John 6:27; Psalm 34:9–10; Psalm 84:11–12
- 34 Matthew 6:25; John 14:27; Hebrews 13:5–6; John 16:33; Luke 11:3
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Matthew 6:13: “For thine is the kingdom…”
The closing doxology of the Lord’s Prayer, “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,” is missing from the oldest Greek manuscripts of Matthew and from most of the Latin tradition, but it is very old: a shorter form already appears in the Didache. The Patriarchal Text includes it, and in the Divine Liturgy the priest sings it in a Trinitarian form. Most scholars see it as an early liturgical response that entered the text.
What the Fathers said
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The order established for your edification requires that ye learn first what to believe, and afterwards what to ask. For so saith the Apostle, "Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord, shall be saved." This testimony blessed Paul cited out of the Prophet; for by the Prophet were those times foretold, when all men should call upon God; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
He roots out in what remains the most tyrannical passion of all, the rage and madness with respect to vainglory, which springs up in them that do right.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Lay up treasure, therefore, in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt." And, "Be ye kind and merciful, as your Father also is kind and merciful, and maketh His sun to rise on sinners, and the righteous, and the wicked.
In like manner also, that [text] which says, "Ye cannot serve two masters," He does Himself interpret, saying, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon;" acknowledging God indeed as God, but mentioning mammon, a thing having also an existence.
… unto me, through that Medicine of our wounds who hung upon the tree, and who, sitting at Thy right hand, "maketh intercession for us." I know that she acted mercifully, and from the heart forgave her debtors their debts; do Thou also forgive her debts, whatever she contracted during so many years since the water of salvation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)