Matthew 6:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;

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  • Matt 23:5 : 5 `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised -- only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted,
  • John 12:43 : 43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
  • Deut 24:13 : 13 thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.
  • Matt 6:4-6 : 4 that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly. 5 `And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward. 6 `But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 `And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward, 42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'
  • Matt 16:6 : 6 and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
  • Matt 23:28-30 : 28 so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did `it'.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'
  • Luke 11:35 : 35 take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;
  • Luke 12:1 : 1 At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 `Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
  • Zech 7:5 : 5 `Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.
  • Matt 5:46 : 46 `For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who `is' in the heavens is perfect.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;
  • John 5:44 : 44 how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that `is' from God alone ye seek not?
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Because of this it behoveth `us' more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
  • 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 and saith, `Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;' and they cause him to ride in his chariot.
  • 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin.
  • 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted! 18 What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;
  • 2 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 (according as it hath been written, `He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness doth remain to the age,') 10 and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

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  • Matt 6:2-9
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    2whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

    3`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

    4that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

    5`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

    6`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

    7`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

    8be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

    9thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

  • Matt 6:14-21
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    14`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;

    15but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

    16`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

    17`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

    18that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

    20but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

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

  • Matt 5:16
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    16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

  • Matt 23:5-6
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    5`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

    6they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • Luke 16:15
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    15and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;

  • Luke 6:33-38
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    33and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

    34and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

    35`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

    36be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

    37`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

    38`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

  • Luke 12:33
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    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

    31and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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    23rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward `is' great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

  • Matt 6:31-33
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    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6`Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

  • Matt 5:46-48
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    46`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

    47and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

    48ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who `is' in the heavens is perfect.

  • John 7:4
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    4for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things -- manifest thyself to the world;'

  • Luke 6:26
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    26`Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

  • Luke 11:41
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    41But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

  • Luke 6:41
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    41`And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that `is' in thine own eye dost not consider?

  • Matt 7:1
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    1`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

  • Eph 6:6-7
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    6not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

    7with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • Luke 21:1
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    1And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury -- rich men,

  • Matt 15:7
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    7`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matt 6:24
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    24`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

  • John 5:44
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    44how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that `is' from God alone ye seek not?

  • Matt 18:10
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    10`Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

  • Luke 14:12
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    12And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;