Do Good to Please God
1 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 Therefore, awhen you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret awill Himself reward you openly.
The Model Prayer
5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the1 hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
6 But you, when you pray, ago into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you1 openly.
7 And when you pray, ado not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. bFor they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father aknows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
13 aAnd do not lead us into temptation,
But bdeliver us from the evil one.
1For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
But bdeliver us from the evil one.
1For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 a“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But aif you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
16 “Moreover, awhen you fast, do not be like the1 hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you1 openly.
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 a“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
20 abut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Lamp of the Body
22 a“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is1 good, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 a“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. bYou cannot serve God and mammon.
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I say to you, ado not worry 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 more than clothing?
26 aLook at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Barnes' Notes for Matthew 6:1.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 6:1:
Matthew 9:10
Matthew 9:30
1 Corinthians 13:3
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