King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 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.

KJVu: 1 "Take heed that YOU do not do YOUR good deeds before men, to be seen of them . Otherwise YOU have no reward from YOUR Father who is in heaven.

Notes: "Alms" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G1654 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "alms. From eleos; compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction — alms(-deeds).."

KJV:   2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the 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.

KJVu: 2 Therefore , when you do your good deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to YOU, they have their reward.

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

KJVu: 3 But when you do good deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

KJV:   4 That thine alms may be in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

KJVu: 4 that your good deeds may be in secret , and your Father who sees in secret shall himself reward you openly.

KJV:   5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: 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.

KJVu: 5 And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites . For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly, I say to YOU, They have their reward.

Notes: "As" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G5613 with a Strong’s definition of "as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as."

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 6 But when you pray, go into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father in secret , and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.

Notes: "Enter" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G1525 with a Strong’s definition of "to go in (to), enter."

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

KJVu: 7 But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do . For they think that they shall be heard for speaking much.

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

KJVu: 8 Therefore, do not be like them . For YOUR Father knows what things YOU have need of, before YOU ask him.

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

KJVu: 9 After this manner therefore pray , Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name.

KJV:   10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

KJVu: 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

KJV:   11 Give us this day our daily bread.

KJVu: 11 Give us this day our daily bread.

KJV:   12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

KJVu: 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

KJV:   13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

KJVu: 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil . For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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

KJVu: 14 For if YOU forgive men their trespasses, YOUR heavenly Father will also forgive YOU.

KJV:   15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

KJVu: 15 But if YOU do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will YOUR Father forgive YOUR trespasses.

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 16 Moreover , when YOU fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance , for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men as fasting. Truly, I say to YOU, They have their reward.

KJV:   17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

KJVu: 17 But when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 18 so you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret , and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.

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

KJVu: 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust will corrupt, and where thieves break in and steal .

KJV:   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 :

KJVu: 20 But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust will corrupt, and where thieves will not break in and steal .

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

KJVu: 21 For where YOUR treasure is, there YOUR heart will be also.

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

KJVu: 22 The light of the body is the eye . Therefore, if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.

Notes: "Single" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G573 with a Thayer’s Greek Lexicon definition of "simple, single (in which there is nothing complicated or confused; without folds (cf. Trench, § lvi.)); whole; of the eye, good, fulfilling its office, sound: Matthew 6:22." Went between "sound" and "good." Chose "sound" because it better described a functional, working eye free of defects.

KJV:   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!

KJVu: 23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 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. YOU cannot serve God and mammon.

KJV:   25 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?

KJVu: 25 Therefore I say to YOU, Take no thought for YOUR life, what YOU shall eat, or what YOU shall drink, nor for YOUR body, what YOU shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Notes: "Raiment" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G1742 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "clothing, garment, raiment."

KJV:   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?

KJVu: 26 Consider the birds of the air , for they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet YOUR heavenly Father feeds them. Are YOU not much better than they?

Notes: "Behold" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G1689 with a Strong’s definition of "to look at, to consider."

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

KJVu: 27 Which of YOU by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?

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

KJVu: 28 And why do YOU take thought for clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow . They do not toil, neither do they spin .

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

KJVu: 29 Yet I say to YOU, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

KJV:   30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

KJVu: 30 Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, shall he not do much more to clothe YOU O YOU of little faith?

KJV:   31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

KJVu: 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat? ' or, 'What shall we drink? ' or, 'How shall we be clothed? '

Notes: "Wherewithal" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G5101 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "every man, how much, which, whom Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) — every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why."

KJV:   32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

KJVu: 32 (For all these things the Gentiles seek after.) For YOUR heavenly Father knows that YOU need all of these things.

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

KJVu: 33 But seek YOU first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness , and all these things shall be added to YOU.

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

KJVu: 34 Therefore take no thought for tomorrow. For tomorrow shall take thought for its own things. Sufficient to the day is its own evil. "

Notes: "The Morrow" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s G839 with a Strong’s definition of "tomorrow."