3 Nephi 13:1

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 who is in heaven.

3 Nephi 13:2

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 Nephi 13:3

But when thou doest alms

let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;

3 Nephi 13:4

That thine alms may be in secret;

and thy Father who seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly.

3 Nephi 13:5

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.

3 Nephi 13:6

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,

and when thou hast shut thy door,

pray to thy Father who is in secret;

and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

3 Nephi 13:7

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen,

for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

3 Nephi 13:8

Be not ye therefore like unto them,

for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

3 Nephi 13:9

After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

3 Nephi 13:10

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

3 Nephi 13:11

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

3 Nephi 13:12

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

3 Nephi 13:13

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.

Amen.

3 Nephi 13:14

For, if ye forgive men their trespasses

your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

3 Nephi 13:15

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses

neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

3 Nephi 13:16

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.

3 Nephi 13:17

But thou, when thou fastest,

anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

3 Nephi 13:18

That thou appear not unto men to fast,

but unto thy Father, who is in secret;

and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

3 Nephi 13:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,

where moth and rust doth corrupt,

and thieves break through and steal;

3 Nephi 13:20

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,

and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

3 Nephi 13:21

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

3 Nephi 13:22

The light of the body is the eye;

if, therefore, thine eye be single,

thy whole body shall be full of light.

3 Nephi 13:23

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!

3 Nephi 13:24

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.