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title: "Matthew 6 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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description: "A continuation of the sermon on the mount. Matthew 6 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# Matthew 6

Matthew 6 is chapter 6 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 34 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> A continuation of the sermon on the mount.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 6 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. “Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.
2. Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
3. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4. so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
5. And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
6. But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
7. And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.
8. Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.
9. Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy.
10. May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
11. Give us this day our life-sustaining bread.
12. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
13. And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.
14. For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.
15. But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
16. And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.
17. But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18. so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
19. Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.
20. Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21. For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.
22. The lamp of your body is your eye. If your eye is wholesome, your entire body will be filled with light.
23. But if your eye has been corrupted, your entire body will be darkened. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great will that darkness be!
24. No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
25. And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26. Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?
27. And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
28. And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.
29. But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.
30. So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith?
31. Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: ‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?’
32. For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.
33. Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
34. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.”

## Matthew 6 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Attendite ne justitiam vestram faciatis coram hominibus, ut videamini ab eis: alioquin mercedem non habebitis apud Patrem vestrum qui in cælis est.
2. Cum ergo facis eleemosynam, noli tuba canere ante te, sicut hypocritæ faciunt in synagogis, et in vicis, ut honorificentur ab hominibus. Amen dico vobis, receperunt mercedem suam.
3. Te autem faciente eleemosynam, nesciat sinistra tua quid faciat dextera tua:
4. ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito, et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscondito, reddet tibi.
5. Et cum oratis, non eritis sicut hypocritæ qui amant in synagogis et in angulis platearum stantes orare, ut videantur ab hominibus: amen dico vobis, receperunt mercedem suam.
6. Tu autem cum oraveris, intra in cubiculum tuum, et clauso ostio, ora Patrem tuum in abscondito: et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscondito, reddet tibi.
7. Orantes autem, nolite multum loqui, sicut ethnici, putant enim quod in multiloquio suo exaudiantur.
8. Nolite ergo assimilari eis: scit enim Pater vester, quid opus sit vobis, antequam petatis eum.
9. Sic ergo vos orabitis: Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificetur nomen tuum.
10. Adveniat regnum tuum; fiat voluntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.
11. Panem nostrum supersubstantialem da nobis hodie,
12. et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
13. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
14. Si enim dimiseritis hominibus peccata eorum: dimittet et vobis Pater vester cælestis delicta vestra.
15. Si autem non dimiseritis hominibus: nec Pater vester dimittet vobis peccata vestra.
16. Cum autem jejunatis, nolite fieri sicut hypocritæ, tristes. Exterminant enim facies suas, ut appareant hominibus jejunantes. Amen dico vobis, quia receperunt mercedem suam.
17. Tu autem, cum jejunas, unge caput tuum, et faciem tuam lava,
18. ne videaris hominibus jejunans, sed Patri tuo, qui est in abscondito: et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscondito, reddet tibi.
19. Nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra: ubi ærugo, et tinea demolitur: et ubi fures effodiunt, et furantur.
20. Thesaurizate autem vobis thesauros in cælo, ubi neque ærugo, neque tinea demolitur, et ubi fures non effodiunt, nec furantur.
21. Ubi enim est thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.
22. Lucerna corporis tui est oculus tuus. Si oculus tuus fuerit simplex, totum corpus tuum lucidum erit.
23. Si autem oculus tuus fuerit nequam, totum corpus tuum tenebrosum erit. Si ergo lumen, quod in te est, tenebræ sunt: ipsæ tenebræ quantæ erunt?
24. Nemo potest duobus dominis servire: aut enim unum odio habebit, et alterum diliget: aut unum sustinebit, et alterum contemnet. Non potestis Deo servire et mammonæ.
25. Ideo dico vobis, ne solliciti sitis animæ vestræ quid manducetis, neque corpori vestro quid induamini. Nonne anima plus est quam esca, et corpus plus quam vestimentum?
26. Respicite volatilia cæli, quoniam non serunt, neque metunt, neque congregant in horrea: et Pater vester cælestis pascit illa. Nonne vos magis pluris estis illis?
27. Quis autem vestrum cogitans potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum?
28. Et de vestimento quid solliciti estis? Considerate lilia agri quomodo crescunt: non laborant, neque nent.
29. Dico autem vobis, quoniam nec Salomon in omni gloria sua coopertus est sicut unum ex istis.
30. Si autem fœnum agri, quod hodie est, et cras in clibanum mittitur, Deus sic vestit, quanto magis vos modicæ fidei?
31. Nolite ergo solliciti esse, dicentes: Quid manducabimus, aut quid bibemus, aut quo operiemur?
32. hæc enim omnia gentes inquirunt. Scit enim Pater vester, quia his omnibus indigetis.
33. Quærite ergo primum regnum Dei, et justitiam ejus: et hæc omnia adjicientur vobis.
34. Nolite ergo solliciti esse in crastinum. Crastinus enim dies sollicitus erit sibi ipsi: sufficit diei malitia sua.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1430: Interior Penance ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1434: The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1969: The New Law or the Law of the Gospel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2447: Love For the Poor ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1063: "Amen" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1693: Life in Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2655: At the Wellsprings of Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2691: Guides For Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2608: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2668: The Way of Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2766: The Lord's Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 443: The Only Son of God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2736: Filial Trust ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 268: The Almighty ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2759: The Lord's Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2632: Prayer of Petition ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1165: When is the Liturgy Celebrated? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2659: At the Wellsprings of Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1425: Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2792: "Our" Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2841: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 575: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 368: Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2604: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2848: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2729: Humble Vigilance of Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2113: "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2424: The Social Doctrine of the Church ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2821: "Thy Kingdom Come" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1753: The Sources of Morality ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2547: Poverty of Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2830: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2416: Respect for Persons and Their Goods ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 305: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 270: The Almighty ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1942: Human Solidarity ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2836: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Let our speech and petition when we pray be under discipline, observing quietness and modesty. Let us consider that we are standing in God's sight.” — St. Cyprian, On the Lord's Prayer, 4, c. 252 (On this verse: verse 7)
- “After the supply of food, pardon of sin is also asked for, that he who is fed by God may live in God.” — St. Cyprian, On the Lord's Prayer, 15, c. 252 (On this verse: verse 11)
- “Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Prayer, mercy and fasting: these three are one, and they give life to each other.” — St. Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 43, c. 440 (On this theme: verse 1)
- “Mental prayer is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us.” — St. Teresa of Ávila, Life, ch. 8, 1565 (On this theme: verse 6)
- “Come now, little man, turn aside for a while from your daily employment, escape for a moment from the tumult of your thoughts. Put aside your weighty cares. Make room for God.” — St. Anselm, Proslogion, ch. 1, 1078 (On this theme: verse 6)
- “The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner He wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is His will.” — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Conferences to the Sisters of Charity, c. 1815 (On this theme: verse 10)
- “Have charity, guard humility, and make your treasure out of voluntary poverty.” — St. Dominic, Last words to his brothers, 1221 (On this theme: verse 20)
- “Two loves have made two cities: love of self unto contempt of God, and love of God unto contempt of self.” — St. Augustine of Hippo, City of God, XIV.28, c. 426 (On this theme: verse 24)
- “I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the simplicity of the daisy.” — St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul, ch. 1, 1897 (On this theme: verse 28)
- “Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing frighten thee; all things are passing, God never changes. Patience obtains all things; whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” — St. Teresa of Ávila, Bookmark prayer, 16th c. (On this theme: verse 34)
- “Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them.” — St. Francis de Sales, Letters of Spiritual Direction, c. 1610 (On this theme: verse 34)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: “Your justice” … that is, works of justice; viz., fasting, prayer, and almsdeeds; which ought to be performed not out of ostentation, or a view to please men, but solely to please God.
- Verse 11: In St. Luke the same word is rendered daily bread. It is understood of the bread of life, which we receive in the Blessed Sacrament.
- Verse 13: “Lead us not into temptation” … That is, suffer us not to be overcome by temptation.
- Verse 24: That is, riches, worldly interest.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Feb 10, 2027: Ash Wednesday — Gospel, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
- Tue, Feb 16, 2027: Tuesday of the First Week of Lent — Gospel, Matthew 6:7-15
- Wed, Jun 16, 2027 (computed): Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
- Thu, Jun 17, 2027 (computed): Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 6:7-15

6 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).