# 3 Nephi 13

*1830 Edition*

**1** Verily, verily, I say that I would that ye should do alms unto the poor; but take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

**2** Therefore, when ye shall do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as will hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

**3** But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;

**4** that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly.

**5** And when thou prayest, thou shalt not do as the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

**6** But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

**7** But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

**8** Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

**9** After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

**10** Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

**11** And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

**12** And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

**13** For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

**14** For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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

**16** Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

**17** But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

**18** that thou appear not unto men, to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

**19** Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:

**20** but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

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

**22** The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

**23** But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

**24** No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

**25** And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words, he looked upon the twelve whom he had chosen, and saith unto them, Remember the words which I have spoken. For behold, ye are they which I have chosen to minister unto this people. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

**26** Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

**27** Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

**28** And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

**29** and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.

**30** Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, even so will he clothe you, if ye are not of little faith.

**31** Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed?

**32** For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.—

**33** But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

**34** Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.

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*Source: [The Book of Mormon](https://bookofmormon.com/1830/3-nephi/13)*
