Matthew 6:2

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“When you give to people in need, don’t announce it by having trumpets blown in front of you. That’s what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets because they want people to notice them. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

Cross References

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that other people will see them. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

Matthew 6:16

“When you go without eating, don’t look all sad like the hypocrites. They make strange faces so that people will notice that they’re fasting. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

John 5:41

“I don’t accept praise from human beings,

Hebrews 13:16

Don’t forget to do good and share with others, because God is pleased with offerings like those.

Luke 20:46

“Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted with respect in the marketplace, to have the most important seats in the synagogues, and to have the places of honor at banquets.

John 7:18

Whoever speaks on their own does it to get personal glory, but anyone who works for the glory of the one who sent him can be trusted. There’s nothing dishonest about him.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, they should do it as someone who’s speaking God’s own words. If anyone serves, they should do it with the strength that God provides. That way God will be praised in all things through Jesus Christ. May he receive the glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who used to steal must never steal again. Instead, they should work, doing something useful with their own hands, so that they will have something to share with people in need.

Galatians 2:10

They asked only one thing: They wanted us to continue to remember the poor, which is what I had wanted to do all along.

Acts 10:4

Cornelius couldn’t take his eyes off the angel as he asked fearfully, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have gone up like an offering to God, reminding him of how you have devoted your whole life to him.

1 Timothy 6:18

Command them to do what is good and to be rich in doing good things, to give freely, and to be willing to share.

Romans 12:8

If it’s encouraging others, then encourage them. If it’s giving, then give generously. If it’s being a leader, then do it diligently. If it’s showing mercy, then do it cheerfully.

Acts 24:17

“I’d been away from Jerusalem for several years, but recently I came back to offer sacrifices and to bring some gifts for Jewish people who are poor.

Acts 10:31

He said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayers and remembered your gifts to the poor.

Acts 10:2

He and all his family believed in God, and they worshiped at the synagogue. He gave freely to people who were in need, and he prayed to God regularly.

Acts 9:36

In Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, or Dorcas in Greek. She was always doing good and helping the poor.

John 13:29

Judas was in charge of the money, some of the disciples thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast. Others thought Jesus was talking about giving something to the poor.

John 5:44

You accept praise from one another, but you don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

Luke 6:42

While there is a log in your own eye, how can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take the bit of sawdust out of your eye’? Hypocrite! First take the piece of wood out of your own eye, and then you’ll be able to see clearly to take the bit of sawdust out of your friend’s eye.

Mark 12:39

and to have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Philemon 1:7

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, my brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We weren’t expecting people to praise us. We weren’t looking for praise from anybody, not from you and not from anyone else, even though we could have demanded respect as apostles of Christ.

Acts 11:29

The disciples decided to send help to the brothers and sisters living in Judea. All of them gave as much as they could,

Luke 13:15

The Lord responded, “You’re such hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you go to the barn and untie your ox or donkey on the Sabbath day, and don’t you then lead it out and give it water?

Luke 12:56

How can it be that you can understand the meaning of the appearance of the earth and sky, but you can’t understand the meaning of what’s happening right now?

Luke 12:33

So sell what you own and give to the poor. That will be like putting your money in a bag that will never wear out. Store up your riches in heaven, where they can never be used up, where no thief can get near them and no moth can destroy them.

Luke 11:43

“Woe to you Pharisees! You love the most important seats in the synagogues, and you love having people greet you with respect in the marketplace.

Luke 11:41

But if you show that you’re generous on the inside by giving freely to the poor, then everything will be clean for you.

Luke 6:24

“But woe to you who are rich! You’ve already had your easy life.

Mark 7:6

Jesus answered, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites! He said, “ ‘These people honor me by what they say, but their hearts are far away from me.

Matthew 24:51

Then the master will cut him to pieces and send him to the same place where hypocrites go, where people will weep and grind their teeth.

Matthew 23:6

They love to sit in the places of honor at dinners and have the most important seats in the synagogues.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus knew they had bad motives for asking. He said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?

Matthew 16:3

And when you see a red and cloudy sky in the morning, you say, ‘Today it will be stormy.’ You understand the meaning of what you see in the sky, but you don’t understand the signs of what you see happening around you.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you,

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite! First take the piece of wood out of your own eye, and then you’ll be able to see to take the bit of sawdust out of your friend’s eye.

Matthew 5:18

Truly I tell you, heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter disappears from the Law. Not even the smallest mark of a pen will disappear until everything the Law says happens.

Matthew 6:3

But when you give to people in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

Matthew 23:5

“Everything they do is for others to see. People sometimes wear little boxes on their foreheads and arms that hold Scripture quotes. But they make their boxes big and obvious. People put tassels on the four corners of their clothes to remind them to obey God’s commands. But they make their tassels extra long.

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give everything I have to the poor, and I endure so much hardship that I can brag about it, but I don’t have love, that doesn’t do me any good at all.