{"id":20766,"date":"2026-06-17T14:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/?p=20766"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:20:39","slug":"gospel-matthew-61-6-16-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/gospel-matthew-61-6-16-18\/","title":{"rendered":"GOSPEL  Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>\r\nJesus said to his disciples:\r\n\"Take care not to perform righteous deeds\r\nin order that people may see them;\r\notherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.\r\nWhen you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,\r\nas the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets\r\nto win the praise of others.\r\nAmen, I say to you, they have received their reward.\r\nBut when you give alms,\r\ndo not let your left hand know what your right is doing,\r\nso that your almsgiving may be secret.\r\nAnd your Father who sees in secret will repay you.\r\n\r\n\"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites,\r\nwho love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners\r\nso that others may see them.\r\nAmen, I say to you, they have received their reward.\r\nBut when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door,\r\nand pray to your Father in secret.\r\nAnd your Father who sees in secret will repay you.\r\n\r\n\"When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.\r\nThey neglect their appearance,\r\nso that they may appear to others to be fasting.\r\nAmen, I say to you, they have received their reward.\r\nBut when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,\r\nso that you may not appear to others to be fasting,\r\nexcept to your Father who is hidden.\r\nAnd your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.\"\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus said to his disciples: &#8220;Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/gospel-matthew-61-6-16-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOSPEL  Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20767,"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20766\/revisions\/20767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trueangle.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}