Matthew 6:7

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

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

Peter Pett

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

“And in praying do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do, For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.” In praying they are not to ‘use vain repetitions.’ This might literally be translated, ‘do not babble’ (but the word is a rare one and its exact meaning is not known). The word is battalogeo. It may reflect the Hebrew word ‘batel’ meaning vain or idle. Or it may reflect the Greek root ‘batt’ meaning ‘stuttering’. Taken with logeo it could therefore mean speaking... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:7-9

How Not To Pray (6:7-9a). Having gone quietly and secretly into a private room the next question was as to what kind of praying to avoid. The point being made here is that the prayers of most men are useless, and accomplish nothing, simply because when they pray it is not a question of genuinely speaking with God. To them God is just a convenience store. Their aim is simply to get what they want. And they rather think that by repeating themselves and going on and on in prayer they will somehow... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-18

Matthew 6:1-Job : . The “ fulfilled” Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees.— Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-Ezra :) has parallels in Lk. Matthew 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects of the mechanical “ righteousness” that is “ done” are given in detail in the following verses. Beneath the apparent contrast with Matthew 5:16 is an underlying unity. Matthew 6:2-Numbers : . Almsgiving.— This practice was not enjoined in the Law; it was a work of supererogation... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 6:7-8

It appeareth from hence, and from what followeth also, that the praying here spoken of is vocal prayer; not the mere homage which the heart payeth to God, by a recognition of him as the fountain of all good, and our secret desires that God would supply our wants, but the expression of those desires by the words of our mouths, which is that duty which the Scripture generally calleth prayer, and is most certainly a duty incumbent on every person. Nor are repetitions of the same requests in... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 6:1-18

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 6:1. Alms.—Righteousness (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20, the disciples are told that their “righteousness” is to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees. This is explained at length in what follows; in the preceding chapter, as regards the actions themselves; in the present, as regards the motives and manner of performing them. Almsgiving, in the language of the later... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:5-9

Matthew 6:5-9 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men." Neither the synagogues nor the streets were the appointed places of prayer. But a custom had risen, since the days of Daniel the prophet, to pray seven times a day, at certain appointed hours; and when these hours came the Pharisee turned at once to his devotions. Very probably the... read more

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