Matthew 6:1 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ "But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

¹⁶ Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

⁴⁶ For if you love only those who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not the very tax-collectors do that?

⁴⁸ So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

⁴ so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. ⁵ "When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get! ⁶ But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

⁹ This, therefore, is the way you are to pray: 'Our Father in heaven, Your name be revered!

¹⁶ "When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.

⁴¹ Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man because he is upright will have the same reward as an upright man. ⁴² And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

⁶ And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done.

⁵ They do everything they do to have men see it. They wear wide Scripture texts as charms, and they wear large tassels,

¹³ "But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.

²⁸ So you outwardly appear to men to be upright, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. ²⁹ "Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you build tombs for the prophets, and decorate the monuments of the upright, ³⁰ and say, 'If we had been living in the times of our fathers, we would not have joined them in the murder of the prophets.'

⁴⁰ The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'

¹⁵ And he warned them, saying, "Look out! Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

³⁵ So take care! Your very light may be darkness!

¹ Meanwhile as the people gathered in thousands, until they actually trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

¹⁵ And he said to them, "You are the men who parade your uprightness before people, but God knows your hearts. For what men consider great is detestable in the sight of God.

⁴⁴ Yet how can you believe in me, when you accept honor from one another, instead of seeking the honor that comes from the one God?

⁴³ for they cared more for the approval of men than for the approval of God.

¹⁷ For if I do it of my own accord, I have my pay, but if I do it because I must, it is still a responsibility that I am charged with. ¹⁸ What pay then do I get? Why, that in my preaching I can offer the good news without cost, and so not take full advantage of my rights as a preacher.

⁹ as the Scripture says, "He scatters his gifts to the poor; His uprightness will never be forgotten." ¹⁰ He who supplies the sower with seed and so with bread to eat will supply you with seed, and multiply it and enlarge the harvest of your uprightness.

¹² These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised want to present a good appearance externally, to save themselves from having to stand persecution for the cross of Jesus the Christ.

¹ This is why we must give the very closest attention to the message we have heard, to keep from ever losing our hold upon it.

¹⁰ For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have showed for his cause, in giving help to your fellow-Christians as you still do.

²⁶ and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

⁸ Look out for yourselves, take care not to lose what we have worked for, but make sure that you are paid for it in full.