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Day 6 of 90 · 90 Days Through the Gospels

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

CONTEXT

Original word: μισθὸν (misthós) · pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad

REFLECTION

Watch Jesus in Matthew 6:1: what he says, what he does, and how people respond.

PRAYER

Thank you, Jesus, for coming to us. Help me follow you. Amen.

QUESTION

What does Jesus do or say in Matthew 6:1?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Share one thing you learned about Jesus with a friend.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Public domain (dedicated to the public domain by BSB Publishing as of April 30, 2023). Source: eBible.org (engbsb). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.