Matthew 6 Young's Literal Translation

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OT: Masoretic Hebrew
NT: Textus Receptus
Protestant (66 books)
Very literal
1898
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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909

1 'Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not — reward ye have not from your Father who [is] in the heavens;

1 MIRAD que no hagáis vuestra justicia delante de los hombres, para ser vistos de ellos: de otra manera no tendréis merced de vuestro Padre que está en los cielos.

2 whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound 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 to you — they have their reward!

2 Cuando pues haces limosna, no hagas tocar trompeta delante de ti, como hacen los hipócritas en las sinagogas y en las plazas, para ser estimados de los hombres: de cierto os digo, que ya tienen su recompensa.

3 'But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

3 Mas cuando tú haces limosna, no sepa tu izquierda lo que hace tu derecha;

4 that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

4 Para que sea tu limosna en secreto: y tu Padre que ve en secreto, él te recompensará en público.

5 'And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places — standing — to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

5 Y cuando oras, no seas como los hipócritas; porque ellos aman el orar en las sinagogas, y en los cantones de las calles en pie, para ser vistos de los hombres: de cierto os digo, que ya tienen su pago.

6 'But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

6 Mas tú, cuando oras, éntrate en tu cámara, y cerrada tu puerta, ora á tu Padre que está en secreto; y tu Padre que ve en secreto, te recompensará en público.

7 'And — praying — ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

7 Y orando, no seáis prolijos, como los Gentiles; que piensan que por su parlería serán oídos.

8 be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

8 No os hagáis, pues, semejantes á ellos; porque vuestro Padre sabe de qué cosas tenéis necesidad, antes que vosotros le pidáis.

9 thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

9 Vosotros pues, oraréis así: Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre.

10 'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

10 Venga tu reino. Sea hecha tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra.

11 'Our appointed bread give us to-day.

11 Danos hoy nuestro pan cotidiano.

12 'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

12 Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, como también nosotros perdonamos á nuestros deudores.

13 ◆ 'And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory — to the ages. Amen.

13 Y no nos metas en tentación, mas líbranos del mal: porque tuyo es el reino, y el poder, y la gloria, por todos los siglos. Amén.

14 'For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you — your Father who [is] in the heavens;

14 Porque si perdonareis á los hombres sus ofensas, os perdonará también á vosotros vuestro Padre celestial.

15 but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

15 Mas si no perdonareis á los hombres sus ofensas, tampoco vuestro Padre os perdonará vuestras ofensas.

16 'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

16 Y cuando ayunáis, no seáis como los hipócritas, austeros; porque ellos demudan sus rostros para parecer á los hombres que ayunan: de cierto os digo, que ya tienen su pago.

17 'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

17 Mas tú, cuando ayunas, unge tu cabeza y lava tu rostro;

18 that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

18 Para no parecer á los hombres que ayunas, sino á tu Padre que está en secreto: y tu Padre que ve en secreto, te recompensará en público.

19 'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

19 No os hagáis tesoros en la tierra, donde la polilla y el orín corrompe, y donde ladrones minan y hurtan;

20 but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

20 Mas haceos tesoros en el cielo, donde ni polilla ni orín corrompe, y donde ladrones no minan ni hurtan:

21 for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

21 Porque donde estuviere vuestro tesoro, allí estará vuestro corazón.

22 'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

22 La lámpara del cuerpo es el ojo: así que, si tu ojo fuere sincero, todo tu cuerpo será luminoso:

23 but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that [is] in thee is darkness — the darkness, how great!

23 Mas si tu ojo fuere malo, todo tu cuerpo será tenebroso. Así que, si la lumbre que en ti hay son tinieblas, ¿cuántas serán las mismas tinieblas?

24 'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

24 Ninguno puede servir á dos señores; porque ó aborrecerá al uno y amará al otro, ó se llegará al uno y menospreciará al otro: no podéis servir á Dios y á Mammón.

25 'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

25 Por tanto os digo: No os congojéis por vuestra vida, qué habéis de comer, ó qué habéis de beber; ni por vuestro cuerpo, qué habéis de vestir: ¿no es la vida más que el alimento, y el cuerpo que el vestido?

26 look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

26 Mirad las aves del cielo, que no siembran, ni siegan, ni allegan en alfolíes; y vuestro Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿No sois vosotros mucho mejores que ellas?

27 'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

27 Mas ¿quién de vosotros podrá, congojándose, añadir á su estatura un codo?

28 and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

28 Y por el vestido ¿por qué os congojáis? Reparad los lirios del campo, cómo crecen; no trabajan ni hilan;

29 and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

29 Mas os digo, que ni aun Salomón con toda su gloria fué vestido así como uno de ellos.

30 'And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe — not much more you, O ye of little faith?

30 Y si la hierba del campo que hoy es, y mañana es echada en el horno, Dios [la] viste así, ¿no [hará] mucho más á vosotros, [hombres] de poca fe?

31 therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

31 No os congojéis pues, diciendo: ¿Qué comeremos, ó qué beberemos, ó con qué nos cubriremos?

32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

32 Porque los Gentiles buscan todas estas cosas: que vuestro Padre celestial sabe que de todas estas cosas habéis menester.

33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

33 Mas buscad primeramente el reino de Dios y su justicia, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.

34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day [is] the evil of it.

34 Así que, no os congojéis por el día de mañana; que el día de mañana traerá su fatiga: basta al día su afán.

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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.

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Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon VII)
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)
Commentary 6:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XIX)
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)
Quotes verse 6:19 Justin Martyr, First Apology (Chapters XIII–XVI)
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.
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 6:24 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter VII)
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.
Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)
Quotes verse 6:12 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IX, Chapter XIII)
… 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)

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