Matthew 6:2

Therefore, whenever you contribute tzedakah, don't blow the shofar before you, as the tzevuim (hypocrites) do in the shuls and in the streets, in order that they may receive kavod (glory) from Bnei Adam. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar (reward).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Be careful that you don't practice your tzedakah (charity giving) before Bnei Adam in order to varf (show off, flaunt) to be seen by Bnei Adam; for then you have no sachar (reward) with your Av sh'ba'Shomayim.

3But when you contribute tzedakah, do not let your left hand have da'as (knowledge) of what your right hand is doing,

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their chefetz (desire), 1 or have caused the eyes of the almanah to grow weary, 1

Psalms 112:9He hath contributed freely, he hath given to the evyonim (needy); 1 his tzedakah endureth forever; 1 his keren shall be lifted up in kavod. 1

Proverbs 20:6Rav adam will proclaim every one his own chesed, 1 but an ish emunim (faithful man, loyal man) who can find one? 1

Isaiah 9:17For wickedness burneth like eish; 1 it shall devour the briers and thorns, 1 and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, 1 and they shall smoke upward like the lifting up of ashan (smoke). 1

Isaiah 58:7Is it not paras lechem (breaking bread of thine, i.e., serving food) to the hungry, 1 and that thou bring the homeless aniyyim (poor) to thy bais? 1 When thou seest the arom (naked), that thou cover him with clothing; 1 and that thou hide not thyself from thine own basar (flesh and blood, kinspeople)? 1

Hosea 8:1Set the shofar to thy lips. 1 He + 8:1 the Assyrian enemy shall come as a nesher against the Bais Hashem, 1 because they have transgressed My brit (covenant), 1 and committed pesha against My torah. 1

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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