Matthew 6
6
The Sermon on the Mount: Charitable Giving
1 “And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; otherwise#Literally “but if not” you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2Therefore whenever you practice charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet in front of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full! 3But you, when you#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“practice”) which is understood as temporal practice charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
The Sermon on the Mount: How to Pray
5And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stand”) has been translated as a finite verb 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! 6But whenever you pray, enter into your inner room and shut your door and#*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“shut”) has been translated as a finite verb pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7“But when you#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“pray”) which is understood as temporal pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard. 8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need#Literally “of what you have need” before you ask him. 9Therefore you pray in this way:
“Our Father who is in heaven,
may your name be treated as holy.
10May your kingdom come,
may your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread,
12and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And do not bring us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.#Or “evil”; most later Greek manuscripts add the phrase “for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, amen”
14For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.
The Sermon on the Mount: How to Fast
16“Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full! 17But when#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“fasting”) which is understood as temporal you are fasting, put olive oil on your head#Literally “anoint your head” and wash your face 18so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
The Sermon on the Mount: Treasure in Heaven
19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming insect#Traditionally “rust,” but more likely in this context along with “moth” the term refers to “eating” by other types of insects or vermin destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming insect#Traditionally “rust,” but more likely in this context along with “moth” the term refers to “eating” by other types of insects or vermin destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22“The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24“No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.#Traditionally transliterated from the Greek as “mammon”
The Sermon on the Mount: Anxiety
25“For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat,#Some manuscripts add “or what you will drink”; other later manuscripts add “and what you will drink” and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body more than clothing? 26Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather produce into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they are? 27And who among you, by#*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being anxious”) which is understood as means being anxious, is able to add one hour#Or “cubit” to his life span? 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, 29but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these. 30But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, although it#*Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as concessive is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not do so much more for you, you of little faith? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?,’ 32for the pagans seek after all these things. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first his kingdom and righteousness,#Some manuscripts have “the kingdom of God and his righteousness” and all these things will be added to you. 34Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.#Literally “sufficient for the day its trouble”
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Matthew 6
6
Concerning Charitable Giving
1“Be sure that you do not do your righteous deeds before men to be seen by them. # Mt 23:5 Otherwise you have no reward # Mt 6:16 from your Father who is in heaven.
2“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. # Jn 5:44 Truly I say to you, they have their reward. # Mt 6:5 3But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your righteous deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. # Mt 6:6, 18
The Lord’s Prayer
Lk 11:1–4
5“When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing # Mk 11:25 in the synagogues and on the street corners that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. # Mt 6:16 6But you, when you pray, enter your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. # 2Ki 4:33; Isa 26:20 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do. # 1Ki 18:26–29 For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him. # Ps 38:9; Mt 6:32
9“Pray then in this manner:
Our Father, who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10Your kingdom come; # Mt 3:2; 4:17
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread. # Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16
12And forgive us our debts, # Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1
as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, # 1Co 10:13
but deliver us from the evil one. # Jn 17:15
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. # Mk 11:25; Eph 4:32 15But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. # Mt 18:35
Concerning Fasting
16“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. # Ps 35:13 Truly I say to you, they have their reward. # Mt 6:2 17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18so 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. # Mt 6:4, 6
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth # Lk 12:21; Heb 13:5 where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, # Mt 19:21; Lk 12:33 where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. # Lk 12:34
The Light of the Body
Lk 11:34–36
22“The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eye is unhealthy, # Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22 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“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. # Lk 16:13
Care and Anxiety
Lk 12:22–34
25“Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, # Php 4:6 what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. # Mt 6:31, 34 Is not life more than food and the body than clothing? 26Look 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? # Job 38:41; Ps 147:9 27Who among you by taking thought can add one cubit # 6:27 A cubit is about half a meter. to his stature?
28“Why take thought about clothing? # Mt 6:25, 31 Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither spin nor weave. 29Yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. # 1Ki 10:4–7; 2Ch 9:4–6 30Therefore, 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? # Mt 8:26; 14:31 31Therefore, take no thought, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ # 1Pe 5:7 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. # Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you. # 1Ki 3:11–13 34Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, # Mt 6:25 for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.
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