Matthew Chapter 6 | Best devotional materials, including: introduction, background, main content, Bible reading and prayer video, Scripture, and post-reading prayer to help you gain a deeper understanding of biblical truth.

Dear brothers and sisters, peace in Christ. Welcome to our One Chapter per day Bible reading time.

By God’s grace, today we will read Matthew chapter 6.

In this chapter, Jesus continues His Sermon on the Mount, teaching us about the true heart of righteousness. He reminds us not to practice our faith to be seen by others but to live sincerely before God, who sees in secret. Jesus teaches us how to pray through the Lord’s Prayer, how to fast with humility, and how to store up treasures in heaven rather than on earth. He also calls us to trust the Father’s care, not to worry about tomorrow, for our heavenly Father knows all that we need.

This chapter reminds us that the life of faith is one of quiet devotion, genuine trust, and wholehearted focus on God’s kingdom. Let us listen with humility and gratitude to God’s Word together. 

Matthew Chapter 6 Introduction:

Matthew chapter 6 continues Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and focuses on the heart attitude behind our spiritual life. In this chapter, Jesus teaches about genuine righteousness, prayer, fasting, and trust in God. He warns against practicing religion for human approval and calls His followers to live in sincere devotion to the Father who sees what is done in secret. Matthew 6 reveals that true faith is not about outward display but about inner transformation and wholehearted trust in God’s care and provision.

Main Content of Matthew Chapter 6:
1. Giving, Prayer, and Fasting (verses 1–18)
Jesus begins by warning His followers not to perform righteous acts to be seen by others. He gives three examples — giving to the needy, praying, and fasting — showing that these practices should be done privately and humbly before God, not for public praise. In this section, Jesus teaches the Lord’s Prayer, offering a model for sincere and balanced prayer that honors God, seeks His will, and depends on His daily provision and forgiveness. The key message is that God values a humble and honest heart more than outward appearance.

2. Treasures in Heaven (verses 19–24)
Jesus then shifts the focus to the believer’s relationship with material possessions. He urges His followers not to store up treasures on earth, which are temporary and perishable, but to lay up treasures in heaven, which are eternal. He reminds us that “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Jesus also teaches that no one can serve two masters—both God and money—highlighting the need for spiritual integrity and single-hearted devotion to God.

3. Do Not Worry (verses 25–34)
The chapter concludes with one of the most comforting teachings of Jesus: do not worry about daily needs such as food, drink, or clothing. Jesus points to the birds of the air and the flowers of the field as examples of God’s faithful care. If God provides for them, how much more will He care for His children? He calls us to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,” and all other needs will be provided. This passage invites believers to live with peaceful trust and freedom from anxiety, knowing that our heavenly Father knows exactly what we need.

Spiritual Significance of Matthew Chapter 6:
Matthew 6 teaches that the essence of true righteousness lies in a sincere heart before God. Our giving, praying, fasting, and daily living should flow from love and trust in the Father, not from a desire to impress others. It also reminds us that our true security is not in material possessions but in God’s faithful care. Jesus’ call to “seek first the kingdom of God” is an invitation to reorder our priorities—placing God above all else and living in the peace of His providence.

Through Matthew chapter 6, we learn to live with humility, trust, and simplicity. It calls us to draw closer to the Father in secret, store up eternal treasures, and rest in the assurance that the God who created us will never fail to provide for us.

Matthew Chapter 6 YouTube Bible Reading and Prayer Video:

Giving to the Needy

6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Prayer

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,

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your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.

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Give us today our daily bread.

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And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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And lead us not into temptation,[a]
    but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’

14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Fasting

16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Treasures in Heaven

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[c] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[d] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Do Not Worry

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.