Matthew 6:2

Thus whenever you do charitable giving, ¹  do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues ²  and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, ³  they have their reward.

1Sa 15:30; Job 31:16-20; Ps 37:21; Ps 112:9; Pr 19:17; Pr 20:6; Ec 11:2; Isa 9:17; Isa 10:6; Isa 58:7,10-12; Ho 8:1; Mt 5:18; Mt 6:5; Mt 6:5,16; Mt 7:5; Mt 15:7; Mt 16:3; Mt 22:18; Mt 23:6; Mt 23:13-29; Mt 24:51; Mr 7:6; Mr 12:39; Lu 6:42; Lu 11:41; Lu 11:43; Lu 12:33; Lu 12:56; Lu 13:15; Lu 20:46; Joh 5:41,44; Joh 7:18; Joh 13:29; Ac 9:36; Ac 10:2,4,31; Ac 11:29; Ac 24:17; Ro 12:8; 2Co 9:6-15; Ga 2:10; Eph 4:28; 1Th 2:6; 1Ti 6:18; Phm 1:7; Heb 13:16; Jas 2:15,16; 1Pe 4:11; 1Jo 3:17-19

¹ 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).

² sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”