<p>6:2&nbsp;<em>When therefore you do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets</em>- The reference may be to the bronze collection 'trumpet' into which the wealthy loudly poured large numbers of pennies. Remember that Jesus was addressing His sermon to the illiterate and desperately poor. There was little likelihood they would ever do this. So we are to understand the Lord as making a warning out of those wealthy people- to all of us, in whatever context, great or small, to not advertise our kindnesses, and to not be motivated to it by the thought of what others would think of it.</p>
<p><em>That they may have glory from men</em>&nbsp;- Perhaps the emphasis is upon &quot;they&quot;. Our good works are to be so that &quot;men&quot; give glory to&nbsp;<em>God</em>&nbsp;(Mt. 5:16). To have any intention of attracting glory to ourselves is therefore to play God. For all glory is to go to Him.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Truly I say to you, they have received their reward</em>- The Greek translated &quot;have&quot; means both to receive fully, and intransitively, 'to keep away'. They get their full reward now, so they are keeping themselves away from any future reward at the last day. According to the allusion here in 1 Tim. 4:8, the implication is that we aren't to take Mt. 6:2,3 (&quot;they have their reward&quot;) as implying that we have&nbsp;<em>no</em>&nbsp;reward in this life. We do (cp. Mt. 19:29).</p>