The Holy Bible

Douay-Rheims

Matthew 6: 16 – 21

¹⁶ And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee. ¹⁹ Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal. ²⁰ But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal. ²¹ For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.