Do not sound a trumpet
Therefore when you do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have praise from men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. Matthew 6:2.
1771 text
Therefore when thou dost thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have praise of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 26 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:1-15.
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