Matthew 6:1 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

⁴⁶ For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!

⁴⁸ You, then, must become perfect--as your heavenly Father is perfect.

⁴ So that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will recompense you. ⁵ And, when you pray, you are not to behave as hypocrites do. They like to pray standing in the Synagogues and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. There, I tell you, is their reward! ⁶ But, when one of you prays, let him go into his own room, shut the door, and pray to his Father who dwells in secret; and his Father, who sees what is secret, will recompense him.

⁹ You, therefore, should pray thus--'Our Father, who art in Heaven, May thy name be held holy,

¹⁶ 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!

⁴¹ He who welcomes a Prophet, because he is a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's reward; and he who welcomes a good man, because he is a good man, shall receive a good man's reward. ⁴² And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."

⁶ Presently Jesus said to them: "Take care and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

²⁷ 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.'

⁵ All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,

¹³ 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.

²⁸ It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin. ²⁹ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the Prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious men, ³⁰ and say 'Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken part in their murder of the Prophets!

⁴⁰ 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.'

¹⁵ So Jesus gave them this warning. "Take care," he said, "beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

³⁵ Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.

¹ 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.

¹⁵ 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."

¹⁵ "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.

⁴⁴ 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?

⁴³ For they valued honor from men more than honor from God.

¹⁷ If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty. ¹⁸ What is my reward, then? To present the Good News free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.

⁹ (As Scripture says--'He scattered broadcast, he gave to the poor; His righteousness continues for ever.' ¹⁰ And he who supplies 'seed to the sower, and bread for eating,' will supply you with seed, and cause it to increase, and will multiply 'the fruits of your righteousness').

¹² 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.

¹ Therefore we must give still more heed to what we were taught, for fear we should drift away.

¹⁰ 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.

²⁶ 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.

⁸ Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.