Matthew 6

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Explicit commands of the Lord Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
Chapter 6 of Matthew

9. "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men, to be noticed by them, if you do you shall not receive a reward from your heavenly Father." (Mt 6:1)

Before men:

"How can you believe when you seek glory from man instead of from God?" (John 5:44)

10. "When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Mt 6:3-4)

Alms:

"Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys." (Luke 12:33)

11. "When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Mt 6:6)

Pray:

After he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. (Mt 14:23)

12. "When you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Mt 6:17-18)

Fast:

They said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink." Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days." (Luke 5:33-35)

13. "Do not lay up for yourselves wealth on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves wealth in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal." (Mt 6:19-20)

Wealth:

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." (Mt 6:24)

"Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys." (Luke 12:33)

"No one can be my disciple unless he parts with [apotassomai] all of his possessions [huparchonta]." (Luke 14:33)

He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward. (Heb 11:26)

All who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need. (Acts 2:44-45)

Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common... There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need. (Acts 4:32-35)

14. "I command you not to be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on." (Mt 6:25)

Anxious:

"I say to you that unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." (Mt 18:3)

15. "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well." (Mt 6:33)

Seek:

Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, along with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life." (Mk 10:28-30)

"If you love me, you will obey my commands." (John 14:15)

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