Matthew 6
Matthew 6:1
Be careful that you dont do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:2
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a shofar before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:3
But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
“And which type of charity is that which delivers from an unnatural death? It is the type in which one gives the charity without knowing to whom he gave it, and the other one takes it without knowing from whom he took it.”
Bava Batra 10a, William Davidson Talmud, Sefaria.org
Matthew 6:4
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
“What kind of charity is that which delivers a man from an unnatural death? When a man gives without knowing to whom he gives. and the beggar receives without knowing from whom he receives.”
Baba Batra 10a-b, Soncino Press Edition
Matthew 6:5
When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
R’ Nachman bar Yitzhak says,
ליתפרע מהני דחפו גונדי אמר לה ינאי מלכא לדביתיה אל תתיראי מן הפרושין ולא ממי שאינן פרושין אלא מן הצבועין שדומין לפרושין שמעשיהן כמעשה זמרי ומבקשין שכר כפנחס
“Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: That which is hidden is hidden, and that which is revealed is revealed, but in Heaven everything is known, and the great court in Heaven will exact payment from those who wear the cloak of the righteous but are in fact unworthy. The Gemara relates: King Yannai said to his wife before he died: Do not be afraid of the Pharisees [perushin], and neither should you fear from those who are not Pharisees, i.e., the Sadducees; rather, beware of the hypocrites who appear like Pharisees, as their actions are like the act of the wicked Zimri and they request a reward like that of the righteous Pinehas (see Numbers, chapter 25).”
Sotah 22b, Sefaria
Matthew 6:6
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:7
In praying, dont use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 6:8
Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
Matthew 6:9
Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Matthew 6:10
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.
Matthew 6:12
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:13
Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:15
But if you dont forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
“He who is merciful to others, mercy is shown to him by Heaven, while he who is not merciful to others, mercy is not shown to him by Heaven.”
Shabbat 151b, Soncino Press Edition
Matthew 6:16
Moreover when you fast, dont be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 6:17
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
Matthew 6:18
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:19
Dont lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Matthew 6:20
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves dont break through and steal;
Matthew 6:21
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:22
The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cant serve both God and Mammon.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore, I tell you, dont be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
“R. Simeon ben Eleazar said: Have you ever seen a wild beast or a bird with a craft? Yet they are sustained without anxiety. Now, they were created only to serve me, while I was created to serve my Master: Surely then I should make a living without anxiety.”
Kiddushin 82a, Soncino Press Edition
