Matthew 6
6
Teaching About Charitable Giving
1#Mt 23:5; 6:16#“Be sure that you not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2#Mt 6:5; 6:16; Jn 5:44“Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. 3But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4#Mt 6:6; 6:18that your charitable deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
The Lord’s Prayer
Lk 11:1–4
5#Mt 6:2; 6:16; Mk 11:25“When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. 6#2Ki 4:33; Isa 26:20But you, when you pray, enter your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7#1Ki 18:26–29; Mt 6:32But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 8#Mt 6:32; Ps 38:9Do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him.
9“Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10#Mt 3:2; 4:17 Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11#Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16 Give us this day our daily bread.
12#Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1 And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13#1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14#Mk 11:25; Eph 4:32For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15#Mt 18:35But if you do not forgive men for their sins, neither will your Father forgive your sins.
Teaching About Fasting
16#Mt 6:2; Ps 35:13“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces so they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. 17#Ru 3:3But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18#Mt 6:4; 6:6so that you will not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19#Heb 13:5; Lk 12:21“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20#Lk 12:33; Mt 19:21But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21#Lk 12:34for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The Light of the Body
Lk 11:34–36
22“The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23#Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22But if your eye is unclear, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
God and Money
24#Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9“No one 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 money.
Care and Anxiety
Lk 12:22–34
25#Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6“Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing? 26#Job 38:41; Ps 147:9Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? 27Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit#A cubit is about half a meter. to his stature?
28#Mt 6:25; 6:31“Why take thought about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: They neither work, nor do they spin. 29#1Ki 10:4–7; 2Ch 9:4–6Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 30#Mt 8:26; 14:31Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31#1Pe 5:7Therefore, take no thought, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32#Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30(For the Gentiles seek after all these things.) For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. 33#1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11–13But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you. 34#Mt 6:25Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.
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Matthew 6
6
1 TAKE CARE not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward [reserved for and awaiting you] with and from your Father Who is in heaven.
2 Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already.
3 But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.
5 Also when you pray, you must 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 by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already.
6 But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
7 And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.]
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
9 Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have given up resentment against) our debtors.
13 And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.
16 And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy and sour and dreary like the hypocrites, for they put on a dismal countenance, that their fasting may be apparent to and seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full already. [Isa. 58:5.]
17 But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face,
18 So that your fasting may not be noticed by men but by your Father, Who sees in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
19 Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.
20 But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal;
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).
25 Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27 And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? [Ps. 39:5-7.]
28 And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.
29 Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.]
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?
32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.
33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
34 So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.
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