Matthew 6:5

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

6But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

Psalms 55:17\55:16\As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

Proverbs 16:5Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

Isaiah 55:6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

Daniel 6:10\6:9\For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.

Matthew 6:2When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:2-5

The Sermon on the Mount. 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. 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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