Matthew 6:1 Cross References - Lamsa

¹ BE careful concerning your alms, not to do them in the presence of men, merely that they may see them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

¹⁶ Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

⁴⁶ For if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even the publicans do the same thing?

⁴⁸ Therefore, you become perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

⁴ So that your alms may be done secretly, and your Father who sees in secret, shall himself reward you openly. ⁵ And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who like to pray, standing in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward. ⁶ But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and lock your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret he himself shall reward you openly.

⁹ Therefore pray in this manner: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

¹⁶ When you fast, do not look sad like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear to men that they are fasting. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophetÆs reward; and whoever receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous manÆs reward. ⁴² Anyone who gives a drink to one of these little ones, if only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall never lose his reward.

⁶ He said to them, Look out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

²⁷ For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then he will reward each man according to his works.

⁵ And all their works they do, just to be seen by men; for they widen the fringes of their garments, and they lengthen the ends of their robes,

¹³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you embezzle the property of widows, with the pretense that you make long prayers; because of this you shall receive a greater judgment.*

²⁸ Even so, from the outside you appear to men to be righteous, but from within you are full of iniquity and hypocrisy. ²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and you decorate the graves of the righteous; ³⁰ And you say, If we had been living in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

⁴⁰ The king then will answer and say to them, Truly I tell you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of these least brethren, you did it to me.

¹⁵ And he commanded them and said to them, Look out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

³⁵ Take heed, therefore, lest the light which is in you be darkness.

¹ WHEN a large number of people had gathered together, so as to tread on one another, Jesus began to say to his disciples, First of all, Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

¹⁵ And he said to his disciples, Beware of all covetousness, because life does not depend on abundance of wealth.

¹⁵ But Jesus said to them, You are the ones who make yourselves righteous before men; but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is disgusting in the presence of God.

⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you accept praise one from another, but the praise from God only, you do not want?

⁴³ For they loved the honor of men more than the glory of God.

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have my reward: but if against my will, it is like a stewardship intrusted to me. ¹⁸ What then is my wage? This is it. When I preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, I do it without thought of recompense, and I have not abused the power given to me in the gospel.

⁹ As it is written, He has distributed liberally; and given to the poor; and his righteousness endures for ever. ¹⁰ Now he who gives seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed, and cause the fruits of your righteousness to grow;

¹² Those who desire to boast in the things of the flesh, are the ones who compel you to be circumcised only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

¹ THEREFORE, we should give earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time they be lost.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your works and your labor of love which you have made known in his name, for you have ministered to the saints and still do minister.

²⁶ And he reasoned that the reproach of Christ was greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked forward to be paid the reward.

⁸ Look to yourselves, that you lose not those things which you have accomplished, but that you receive a full reward.