Matthew 6:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.

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  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not vnrighteous, that hee should forget your worke, and labour of loue, which ye shewed toward his Name, in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saints, and yet minister.
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ.
  • John 12:43 : 43 For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.
  • Deut 24:13 : 13 But shalt restore him the pledge when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his raiment, and blesse thee: and it shalbe righteousnesse vnto thee before the Lord thy God.
  • Matt 6:4-6 : 4 That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly. 5 And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde. 6 But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 Hee that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophetes rewarde: and hee that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receiue the rewarde of a righteous man. 42 And whosoeuer shall giue vnto one of these litle ones to drinke a cuppe of colde water onely, in the name of a disciple, verely I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.
  • Matt 16:6 : 6 Then Iesus said vnto them, Take heede and beware of the leauen of the Pharises & Sadduces.
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Sonne of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his Angels, and then shal he giue to euery man according to his deedes.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Looke to your selues, that we lose not the things which we haue done, but that we may receiue full reward.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
  • Matt 23:28-30 : 28 So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie. 29 Wo be vnto you, Scribes & Pharises, hypocrites: for ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we would not haue bene partners with them in the blood of the Prophets.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heede, and beware of the leauen of the Pharises, and of the leauen of Herod.
  • Luke 11:35 : 35 Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.
  • Luke 12:1 : 1 In the meane time, there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trode one another: and he began to say vnto his disciples first, Take heede to your selues of the leauen of the Pharises, which is hypocrisie.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath distributed and giuen to ye poore: his righteousnesse remaineth for euer: his horne shalbe exalted with glory.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 (4:24) Wherefore, O King, let my counsell be acceptable vnto thee, and breake off thy sinnes by righteousnes, and thine iniquities by mercy toward the poore: lo, let there be an healing of thine errour.
  • Zech 7:5 : 5 Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the Priests, and say, When ye fasted, & mourned in the fift & seuenth moneth, euen the seuentie yeeres, did ye fast vnto me? doe I approoue it?
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And in that day shall the prophetes be ashamed euery one of his vision, when he hath prophesied: neither shall they weare a rough garment to deceiue.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.
  • Matt 5:46 : 46 For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone?
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Wherefore wee ought diligently to giue heede to the thinges which wee haue heard, lest at any time we runne out.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward.
  • 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 And he sayde, Come with me, and see the zeale that I haue for the Lord: so they made him ride in his charet.
  • 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 But Iehu regarded not to walke in the law of the Lorde God of Israel with all his heart: for hee departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam, which made Israel to sinne.
  • 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do it willingly, I haue a reward, but if I do it against my will, notwithstanding the dispensation is committed vnto me. 18 What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that I abuse not mine authoritie in ye Gospel.
  • 2 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 ( As it is written, He hath sparsed abroad and hath giuen to the poore: his beneuolence remayneth for euer. 10 Also hee that findeth seede to the sower, will minister likewise bread for foode, and multiplie your seede, and increase the fruites of your beneuolence,)

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  • Matt 6:2-9
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    2 Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

    3 But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,

    4 That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly.

    5 And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

    6 But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.

    7 Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.

    8 Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.

    9 After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

  • Matt 6:14-21
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    14 For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.

    15 But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.

    16 Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.

    17 But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,

    18 That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.

    19 Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe & canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.

    20 But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, & where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.

    21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

  • Matt 23:5-6
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    5 All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,

    6 And loue the chiefe place at feastes, and to haue the chiefe seates in the assemblies,

  • Luke 16:15
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    15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.

  • Luke 6:33-38
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    33 And if ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners doe the same.

    34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke shall yee haue? for euen the sinners lend to sinners, to receiue the like.

    35 Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

    36 Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.

    37 Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

    38 Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shal men mete to you againe.

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    33 Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30 Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

    31 And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

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    23 Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophets.

  • Matt 6:31-33
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    31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?

    32 (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

    33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6 Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.

  • Matt 5:46-48
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    46 For if ye loue them, which loue you, what rewarde shall you haue? Doe not the Publicanes euen the same?

    47 And if ye be friendly to your brethren onely, what singular thing doe ye? doe not euen the Publicanes likewise?

    48 Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.

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    4 For there is no man that doeth any thing secretely, and hee himselfe seeketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.

  • Luke 6:26
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    26 Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

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    41 Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you.

  • Luke 6:41
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    41 And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

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    1 Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged.

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    7 With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.

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  • Matt 6:24
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    24 No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.

  • John 5:44
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    44 How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone?

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    10 See that ye despise not one of these litle ones: for I say vnto you, that in heauen their Angels alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen.

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