Matthew 6:2

Modern English Version

“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. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Cross References

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be exalted with honor.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is generous and gives.

Proverbs 19:17

He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay what he has given.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man will proclaim each his own goodness, but a loyal man, who can find?

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, or even eight, investments, for you do not know what calamity might occur on earth.

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My wrath I will give him a command, to seize the plunder, to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the poor who are outcasts into your house? When you see the naked, to cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, nor shall He have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, and His hand is stretched out still.

Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet to your mouth! One like an eagle is on the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites, Isaiah well prophesied of you, saying:

Matthew 16:3

and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and overcast.’ O you hypocrites, you can discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, “Why test Me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 23:5

“They do all their works to be seen by men. They make their Scripture boxes broad and lengthen the tassels on their prayer shawls.

Matthew 23:6

They love the places of honor at feasts, and the prominent seats in the synagogues,

Matthew 24:51

and will cut him in pieces and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 5:18

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one dot or one mark will pass from the law until all be fulfilled.

Matthew 6:16

“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. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:3

But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Mark 12:39

and the prominent seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets,

Mark 7:6

He answered, “Isaiah has prophesied well about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

Luke 11:41

But give alms from what is within, and behold, all things are clean to you.

Luke 11:43

“Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the prominent seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 12:56

You hypocrites! You can discern the appearance of the sky and of the earth. But why do you not know how to discern this time?

Luke 13:15

The Lord then answered him and said, “You hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it?

Luke 20:46

“Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and the prominent seats in the synagogues and the seats of honor at banquets,

Luke 6:24

“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

Luke 6:42

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

John 13:29

Since Judas had the moneybox, some thought that Jesus said to him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

John 5:41

“I do not receive honor from men.

John 5:44

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 7:18

He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory. But He who seeks the glory of Him who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

Acts 10:2

a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave many alms to the people and continually prayed to God.

Acts 10:31

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered before God.

Acts 10:4

When he looked intently at him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up as a memorial before God.

Acts 11:29

Then every disciple, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Acts 24:17

“Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,

Acts 9:36

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and almsgiving.

Romans 12:8

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.

Galatians 2:10

Only they requested that we should remember the poor, which I also was eager to do.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who steals steal no more. Instead, let him labor, working with his hands things which are good, that he may have something to share with him who is in need.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you, or from others, even though we might have made demands as the apostles of Christ.

1 Timothy 6:18

Command that they do good, that they be rich in good works, generous, willing to share,

Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and encouragement on account of your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed through you, brother.

Hebrews 13:16

But do not forget to do good and to share. For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone serves, let him serve with the strength that God supplies, so that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Samuel 15:30

Then he said, “I have sinned, yet please honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.”