Matthew 6:2

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Matthew 6:2

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Summary

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.

When

Do not sound a trumpet

Proverbs 20:6

Hosea 8:1

As

In the synagogues

Luke 20:46

Glory

Bible References

When

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.

{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

Divide your share in seven or in eight, for you do not know what disaster will happen on the earth.

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

But give [as] charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)

Now in Joppa there was a certain female disciple {named} Tabitha (which translated means "Dorcas"). She was full of good deeds and charitable giving which she was constantly doing.

devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God {continually}.

So from the disciples, {according to their ability to give}, each one of them determined to send [financial aid] for support to the brothers who lived in Judea,

So after many years, I came to practice charitable giving and offerings to my people,

if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

[They asked] only that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,

For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,

If anyone speaks, [let it be] as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [let it be] as by the strength that God provides, so that in all [things] God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

Do not sound a trumpet

Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find?

[Put] to your lips [the] trumpet like a vulture over the house of Yahweh, because they have {broken my covenant} and rebelled against my law.

As

And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand [and] pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye!

Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

But [because he] knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.

and will cut him in two and assign his place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!

Therefore the Lord did not rejoice over its young men, and he did not have compassion on its orphans and widows, for everyone [was] godless and an evildoer, and every mouth [was] speaking folly. In all of this his anger did not turn away, and still his hand [is] stretched out.

I send him against a godless nation, and I command him against the people of my wrath, to capture spoil and to carry off plunder, and to make them a trampling place, like [the] clay of [the] streets.

So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

Hypocrites! You know how to evaluate the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how [is it] you do not know how to evaluate this present time?

But the Lord answered and said to him, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or [his] donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead [it] away to water [it]?

In the synagogues

And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the best seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces!

"Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

Glory

Then he said, "I have sinned! Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me {so that I can worship} Yahweh your God."

"I do not accept glory from people,

The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him--this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others.