Matthew 6:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments,
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.
  • John 12:43 : 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
  • Deut 24:13 : 13 In any case you shall return the pledge to him when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own clothing, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.
  • Matt 6:4-6 : 4 that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 5 And when you pray, you shall 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 men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your room, 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.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
  • Matt 16:6 : 6 Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Matt 23:28-30 : 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
  • Luke 11:35 : 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.
  • Luke 12:1 : 1 Meanwhile, when there was gathered together a vast multitude of people, so much that they trampled one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
  • Zech 7:5 : 5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to Me, even to Me?
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed, every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; nor shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 5:46 : 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
  • 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
  • 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
  • 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
  • 2 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

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  • Matt 6:2-9
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    2Therefore, 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 have glory from 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,

    4that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    5And when you pray, you shall 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 men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

    6But you, when you pray, enter into your room, 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.

    7But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathens do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

    8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.

    9In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

  • Matt 6:14-21
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    14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

    16Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

    17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

    18that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    19Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

    20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

    21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 23:5-6
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    5But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments,

    6and love the best places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • Luke 16:15
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    15And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

  • Luke 6:33-38
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    33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also do the same.

    34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

    35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

    36Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

    37Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven:

    38Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.

  • Luke 12:33
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    33Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

    31And as you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise.

  • Luke 6:23
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    23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.

  • Matt 6:31-33
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    31Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear?

    32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

    33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 5:46-48
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    46For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

    47And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?

    48Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

  • John 7:4
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    4For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.

  • Luke 6:26
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    26Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • Luke 11:41
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    41But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you.

  • Luke 6:41
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    41And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

  • Luke 21:1
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    1And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matt 6:24
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    24No 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. You cannot serve God and mammon.

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    10Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 14:12
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    12Then he also said to him who invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and you be repaid.