Matthew 6:1

SEE that in your almsgiving you do it not before men, so as that you may be observed by them; otherwise no reward is for you with your Father who is in heaven.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2When, therefore, thou art doing alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as do the assumers of faces in the assemblies and streets, so that they may be praised from men; and, Amen I say to you, they receive their reward.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:16So let your light shine before the sons of men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:48Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect!

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:1

Christ having, in the former chapter, armed his disciples against the corrupt doctrines and opinions of the scribes and Pharisees, especially in their expositions of the law (that was called their leaven, ch. xvi. 12 ), comes in this chapter to warn them against their corrupt practices, against the two sins which, though in their doctrine they did not justify, yet in their conversation they were notoriously guilty of, and so as even to recommend them to their admirers: these were hypocrisy and worldly-mindedness,… Read the whole commentary →

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