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Matthew 6:1

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

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For the Son of Man is to come in his Father's Glory, with his angels, and then he 'will give to every man what his actions deserve.'

Presently Jesus said to them: "Take care and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

But alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces. For you do not go in yourselves, nor yet allow those who try to go in to do so.

All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,

And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!

You, then, must become perfect--as your heavenly Father is perfect.

And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!

You, therefore, should pray thus--'Our Father, who art in Heaven, May thy name be held holy,

So Jesus gave them this warning. "Take care," he said, "beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.

Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: "Be on your guard against the leaven--that is, the hypocrisy--of the Pharisees.

And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."

"You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.

For they valued honor from men more than honor from God.

How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?

On seeing this, Peter said to the people: "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? and why do you stare at us, as though we, by any power or piety of our own, had enabled this man to walk?

Those who wish to appear to advantage in regard to outward observances are the very people who are trying to compel you to be circumcised; and they do it only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Jesus, the Christ.

For he counted 'the reproaches that are heaped upon the Christ' of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, looking forward, as he did, to the reward awaiting him.

Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, for fear we should drift away.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing.

Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.




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