Matthew 6:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

Matthew 6:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 7:4
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
Matthew 9:30
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
Mark 1:44
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Topics

Alms Beneficence Benevolence Charity Church Collection Commandments Dedication

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

As we must do better than the scribes and Pharisees in avoiding heart-sins, heart-adultery, and heart-murder, so likewise in maintaining and keeping up heart-religion, doing what we do from an inward, vital principle, that we may be approved of God, not that we may be applauded of men; that is, we must watch against hypocrisy, which was the leaven of the Pharisees, as well as against their doctrin…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth--So far from making a display of it, dwell not on it even in thine own thoughts, lest it minister to spiritual pride.