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Matthew 6:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

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Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they look woebegone to let men see they are fasting; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

I accept no credit from men,

Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, they are fond of getting saluted in the market-places, of securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

Only, we were to 'remember the poor.' I was quite eager to do that myself.

He stared at the angel in terror, saying, "What is it?" He replied, "Your prayers and your alms have risen before God as a sacrifice to be remembered.

tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous,

the speaker his words of counsel; the contributor must be liberal, the superintendent must be in earnest, the sick visitor must be cheerful.

After a lapse of several years I came up with alms and offerings for my nation,

saying, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, your alms are remembered by God.

a religious man, who reverenced God with all his household, who was liberal in his alms to the People, and who constantly prayed to God.

At Joppa there was a disciple called Tabitha (which may be translated Dorcas, or 'Gazelle'), a woman whose life was full of good actions and of charitable practices.

some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)

How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

How dare you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' and you never notice the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.

to secure the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

I have had great joy and encouragement over your love, my brother, over the way you have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.

The Lord replied to him, "You hypocrites, does not each of you untether his ox or ass from the stall on the sabbath and lead it away to drink?

You hypocrites, you know how to decipher the look of earth and sky; how is it you cannot decipher the meaning of this era?

Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

Woe to you Pharisees! you love the front bench in the synagogues and salutations in the marketplaces.

Better cleanse what is within; then nothing will be unclean for you.

But woe to you rich folk! you get all the comforts you will ever get.

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites — as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues;

But Jesus detected their malice. He said, "Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?

You hypocrites! Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you when he said,

You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly how to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.

(I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

I may distribute all I possess in charity, I may give up my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I make nothing of it.




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