“so when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others Truly i tell you, they have received their reward in full Matthew 6 giving to the needy 1 “be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them 2 “so when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. “for indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff The coming day will burn them up,” says the lord who rules over all
“it will not leave even a root or branch But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall You will trample on the wicked. As matthew 6:24 will make explicit, materialism is in direct conflict with loyalty to god.” (france) 2 “the lamp of the body is the eye If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light
“beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your father who is in heaven “thus, when you give to the needy, sound …
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