Polluted Offerings

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, ^(A)that they may see your good works and ^(B)glorify your Father in heaven.

^48 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just ^(B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Do Good to Please God

6 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

⁹ In this ^(A)manner, therefore, pray:

^14 (A)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

^26 (A)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

¹¹ If you then, ^(A)being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!