Discovery BoxMatthew 6:1-2 
Context6:1 “Be 1 careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. 2 Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven. 6:2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, 3 do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues 4 and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, 5 they have their reward.
Matthew 6:5
Context6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues 6 and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew 6:16
Context6:16 “When 7 you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive 8 so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, 9 they have their reward.
1 tc ‡ Several
2 tn Grk “before people in order to be seen by them.”
3 tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).
4 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
5 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
6 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
8 tn Here the term “disfigure” used in a number of translations was not used because it could convey to the modern reader the notion of mutilation. L&N 79.17 states, “‘to make unsightly, to disfigure, to make ugly.’ ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ‘for they make their faces unsightly’ Mt 6:16.”
9 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
