Matthew 6:3

See Poole on "Matthew 6:4".

Related Commentaries of Matthew 6:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let not thy left hand know ... - This is a proverbial expression, signifying that the action should be done as secretly as possible. The Hebrews...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-15 ) has parallels in Lk. M...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

know . get to know. Greek. ginosko. App-132.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Let not thy left hand know By this expression he means, that we ought to be satisfied with having God for our only witness, and to be so...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1311 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING ALMS-DEEDS Matthew 6:1-4 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: Let not thy left hand know - In many cases, works of charity must be...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let not thy left hand know— This is a kind of proverbial expression, which may be explained to this effect: "Let no one, no, not even your most int...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (continued) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expec...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ostentation in almsgiving reproved .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Let not thy left hand ] A metaphor for secrecy. Yet alms need not on all occasions be secret (cp. Matthew 5:16 , 'Let your light so shine before me...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let not thy left hand know. — The phrase was probably proverbial, and indicates, in the form of free hyperbole, extremest secrecy. It is possible t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Secret Giving and Secret Praying Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one's religious duties, shoul...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. The LORD JESUS is here giving instructions...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

ALMSGIVING ‘Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them … thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when thou dost alms ,.... Do it so privately, and with so much secrecy, that, if it was possible, thou mightest not know it thyself, much less m...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: Ver. 3. But thou when thou doest thine alms ] The godly Christian...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore , &c. The caution is so important, that our Lord illustrates it in various particulars. When thou doest thine alms Exercisest thy ch...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we ex...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Doing of Righteousness and The Giving of Gifts To The Poor (6:1-4). Analysis of Matthew 6:1-4 . In considering the following analyses the sm...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount Part 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Their Religious Exercises Are To Be Known Only To The Father And Not To Men (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the firs...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

But whenever you give on behalf of the poor, Do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, That your almsgiving may be in secret, And...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:1 . Alms .— Righteousness (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding,...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:1-4 The Law kept by Sincerity. I. It was the custom for great personages princes and governors and such like when making high processio...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. «...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. O...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. T...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 The relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day ( continued ); vide Matthew 5:17 , n...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The right way to practice charity:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 7:4 ; Mark 1:44 ; Matthew 12:19 ; Matthew 8:4 ; Matthew 9:30
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." Th...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth — A proverbial expression for doing a thing secretly. Do it as secretly as is consistent, With...

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

Related Commentaries of Matthew 6:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 6:3