Matthew 6:1
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Do Good to Please God
6 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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Matthew 23:5
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5 But all their works they do to (A)be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
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John 12:43
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43 (A)for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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Hebrews 6:10
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10 For (A)God is not unjust to forget (B)your work and [a]labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have (C)ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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- Hebrews 6:10 NU omits labor of
Matthew 23:28-30
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28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [a]adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
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- Matthew 23:29 decorate
Luke 16:15
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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Galatians 6:12
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12 As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, (A)only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
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Matthew 6:4-6
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4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret (A)will Himself reward you [a]openly.
The Model Prayer(B)
5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the [b]hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, (C)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [c]openly.
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- Matthew 6:4 NU omits openly
- Matthew 6:5 pretenders
- Matthew 6:6 NU omits openly
2 John 8
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8 (A)Look to yourselves, (B)that [a]we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
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- 2 John 1:8 NU you
John 5:44
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44 (A)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (B)the honor that comes from the only God?
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Mark 8:15
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15 (A)Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the [a]leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
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- Mark 8:15 yeast
Matthew 6:16
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Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
16 “Moreover, (A)when you fast, do not be like the [a]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
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- Matthew 6:16 pretenders
2 Corinthians 9:9-10
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9 As it is written:
(A)“He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.”
10 Now [a]may He who (B)supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, [b]supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your (C)righteousness,
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- 2 Corinthians 9:10 NU omits may
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 NU will supply
Luke 12:15
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15 And He said to them, (A)“Take heed and beware of [a]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
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- Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness
Matthew 16:6
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6 Then Jesus said to them, (A)“Take heed and beware of the [a]leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
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- Matthew 16:6 yeast
Matthew 5:48
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48 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Matthew 5:16
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16 Let your light so shine before men, (A)that they may see your good works and (B)glorify your Father in heaven.
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Luke 11:35
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35 Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.
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Psalm 112:9
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9 He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His [a]horn will be exalted with honor.
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- Psalm 112:9 Strength
1 Corinthians 9:17-18
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17 For if I do this willingly, (A)I have a reward; but if against my will, (B)I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then? That (C)when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel [a]of Christ without charge, that I (D)may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:18 NU omits of Christ
Luke 12:1
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Matthew 25:40
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40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (A)inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
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Matthew 5:46
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46 (A)For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
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Zechariah 7:5
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5 “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you (A)fasted and mourned in the fifth (B)and seventh months (C)during those seventy years, did you really fast (D)for Me—for Me?
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