Matthew 6:2

Matthew 6:2

Here we have

I. A profound truth about human nature. Man, as man, works, as our Lord calls it, for a reward.

II. A tragic contrast "their reward." There is another reward than theirs another and a higher.

III. A judicial sentence which the Divine speaker passes upon some of the men of His time. It is the language of fine irony; it is the language, too, of deep compassion.

H. P. Liddon, Penny Pulpit,No. 968.

References: Matthew 6:2. J. Oswald Dykes, The Laws of the Kingdom,p. 153.Matthew 6:4. J. M. Neale, Sermons in Sackville College,vol. iv., p. 245.Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:6. J. Oswald Dykes, The Laws of the Kingdom,p. 175.