Matthew 6
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Introduction
1 Christ continues his sermon on the mount, exhorting not to be careful for worldly things,
33 but to seek God's kingdom.
Verse 1
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
heed
16:6; Mark 8:15; Luke 11:35; 12:1,15; Hebrews 2:1
alms
or, righteousness.
Deuteronomy 24:13; Psalms 112:9; Daniel 4:27; 2 Corinthians 9:9,10
to be
5,16; 5:16; 23:5,14,28-30; 2 Kings 10:16,31; Ezekiel 33:31; Zechariah 7:5; 13:4; Luke 16:15; John 5:44; 12:43; Galatians 6:12
otherwise
4,6; 5:46; 10:41,42; 16:27; 25:40; 1 Corinthians 9:17,18; Hebrews 6:10; 11:26; 2 John 1:8
of your
or, with your.
9; 5:48
Verse 2
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
Job 31:16-20; Psalms 37:21; 112:9; Proverbs 19:17; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Isaiah 58:7,10-12; Luke 11:41; 12:33; John 13:29; Acts 9:36; 10:2,4,31; 11:29; 24:17; Romans 12:8; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15; Galatians 2:10; Ephesians 4:28; 1 Timothy 6:18; Philemon 1:7; Hebrews 13:16; James 2:15,16; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 John 3:17-19
do not sound a trumpet
or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded.
Proverbs 20:6; Hosea 8:1
as
5; 7:5; 15:7; 16:3; 22:18; 23:13-29; 24:51; Isaiah 9:17; 10:6; Mark 7:6; Luke 6:42; 12:56; 13:15
in the synagogues
5; 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 11:43; 20:46
glory
1 Samuel 15:30; John 5:41,44; 7:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:6
verily
5,16; 5:18
Verse 3
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
let
8:4; 9:30; 12:19; Mark 1:44; John 7:4
Verse 4
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
seeth
6,18; Psalms 17:3; 44:21; 139:1-3,12; Jeremiah 17:10; 23:24; Hebrews 4:13; Revelation 2:23
reward
10:42; 25:34-40; 1 Samuel 2:30; Luke 8:17; 14:14; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Jude 1:24
Verse 5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
when
7:7,8; 9:38; 21:22; Psalms 5:2; 55:17; Proverbs 15:8; Isaiah 55:6,7; Jeremiah 29:12; Daniel 6:10; 9:4-19; Luke 18:1; John 16:24; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2,3; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 5:15,16
thou shalt not
2; 23:14; Job 27:8-10; Isaiah 1:15; Luke 18:10,11; 20:47
for
23:6; Mark 12:38; Luke 11:43
Verily
2; Proverbs 16:5; Luke 14:12-14; James 4:6
Verse 6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
enter
14:23; 26:36-39; Genesis 32:24-29; 2 Kings 4:33; Isaiah 26:20; John 1:48; Acts 9:40; 10:9,30
pray
Psalms 34:15; Isaiah 65:24; John 20:17; Romans 8:5; Ephesians 3:14
Verse 7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
use
1 Kings 18:26-29; Ecclesiastes 5:2,3,7; Acts 19:34
repetitions
26:39,42,44; 1 Kings 8:26-54; Daniel 9:18,19
the heathen
32; 18:17
Verse 8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
your
32; Psalms 38:9; 69:17-19; Luke 12:30; John 16:23-27; Philippians 4:6
Verse 9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
this
Luke 11:1,2
Our
1,6,14; 5:16,48; 7:11; 10:29; 26:29,42; Isaiah 63:16; 64:8; Luke 15:18,21; John 20:17; Romans 1:7; 8:15; Galatians 1:1; 4:6; 1 Peter 1:17
which
23:9; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalms 115:3; Isaiah 57:15; 66:1
Hallowed
Leviticus 10:3; 2 Samuel 7:26; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Chronicles 17:24; Nehemiah 9:5; Psalms 72:18; 111:9; Isaiah 6:3; 37:20; Ezekiel 36:23; 38:23; Habakkuk 2:14; Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 1:11; Luke 2:14; 11:2; 1 Timothy 6:16; Revelation 4:11; 5:12
Verses 9-13
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
this
Luke 11:1,2
Our
1,6,14; 5:16,48; 7:11; 10:29; 26:29,42; Isaiah 63:16; 64:8; Luke 15:18,21; John 20:17; Romans 1:7; 8:15; Galatians 1:1; 4:6; 1 Peter 1:17
which
23:9; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalms 115:3; Isaiah 57:15; 66:1
Hallowed
Leviticus 10:3; 2 Samuel 7:26; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Chronicles 17:24; Nehemiah 9:5; Psalms 72:18; 111:9; Isaiah 6:3; 37:20; Ezekiel 36:23; 38:23; Habakkuk 2:14; Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 1:11; Luke 2:14; 11:2; 1 Timothy 6:16; Revelation 4:11; 5:12