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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 6:1-18

B. Christianity and Pharisaism in their relation to the great virtues of the law; or, three examples from life, showing the perversions of the Pharisees and Scribes, and the spiritual elevation of true Christianity.Matthew 6:1-18False Spirituality of Traditionalism1Take heed that ye do not your alms [righteousness]1 before men, to be seen of [by] them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which [who] is in heaven.2 Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 6:1-8

Secret Giving and Secret Praying Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one’s religious duties, should not be done for the sake of display; and that principle is then applied to alms, prayer, and fasting-the three departments into which the Jews divided personal religion. The words take heed in Matthew 6:1 are very searching! We are all likely to put better goods in the window than we have anywhere on our shelves; and to show fairer samples than we... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 6:9-18

How to Pray and How to Fast Matthew 6:9-18 This might more fitly be termed the “disciples’ prayer.” As we tread its stately aisles, we cannot but think of the myriads who have stood on the same pavement, and have found, in every age, that these seven brief petitions express sufficiently their deepest and holiest longings. Old men and little children, Roman Catholics and Protestants, the servant and his master, east and west, stand together in this noble temple not made with hands. Prayer... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:1-34

In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statement of a new motive for conduct. The application of the principle laid down in verse Mat 6:1 to the subject of alms follows. The secret alms is known to God, who sees in secret. A subject of the King no longer desirous of the applause of his fellow men quietly and secretly helps the needy, and the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 6:1-15

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them. That is only natural. But the Lord asks us to go a step farther. He wants us to be better than the world. He wants us to actually love our enemies. Many people try to evade this command by saying that it is not for today. Of course this Scripture is applicable directly to the Kingdom age, but if it is for today, as... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:6

ALONE WITH GOD‘But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.’ Matthew 6:6 It is the test of what a man is when he is alone with God. The religious life is what we are to God, and what God is to us. I. A little sanctuary.—Your own heart must be ‘the closet.’ You must manage—in business, in the street, in company, in a crowd,—to make a stillness; to draw the curtains round your mind, and constitute it, for a little... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:9

THE HALLOWED NAME‘Hallowed be Thy name.’ Matthew 6:9 If the highest reach of prayer is to approach as near as we can to the worship of heaven, how can we get nearer to the ‘Holy, Holy, Holy,’ than by breathing faintly out of our weaker state, ‘Hallowed be Thy name’? So that indeed we may say that the more we can match the spirit of those words, the closer we come to the anthems of the redeemed, and to the angels’ song. I. God’s name.—In Holy Scripture the expression ‘name’ means the whole... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-7

The Sermon on the Mount Part 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which Culminates in Assurances of the Father’s (God’s) Resultant Blessing (6:1-7). Having brought out the full significance of God’s Law (in chapter 5), and having stressed the importance within that Law of right human relationships, and having shown them the final goal of full God-likeness at which they had to aim, Jesus now moves on to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-18

The Importance of Their Worship And ‘Religious’ Service Being Genuine (6:1-18). Among the Jews almsgiving, prayer and fasting were seen as the basics of a godly life, and as being evidence of a life that was pleasing to God. For example in Tob 12:8 (a Jewish writing) we read, ‘prayer is good when it is accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness’ (note the differing order from Jesus, Who valued righteousness and almsgiving above fasting). The principle in mind was clearly correct,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-34

THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. THE FULFILMENT OF THE INSTRUCTION OF YHWH AND OF THE PROPHETIC HOPES (5:17-7:12). Having revealed how God has worked in His disciples in a life-transforming way in Matthew 5:3-9, and having shown them that they are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world in Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus now goes into detail about what that will involve, and how it will lead up to the final consummation, that is to the fulfilment of the Law (the Torah - The Instruction of God)... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 6:1-18

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 6:1-8

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 6:9-18

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:1-34

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 6:1-15

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:6

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-34

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