Many things in Sermon of the Mount is 'recreated' later on within Matthew... here's is an example... my conclusion: Do the right things at the right time...
(From Stott BST Sotm ps 126,127) Matt 6:1 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.... At first sight, these words appear to contradict his earlier command to 'let your light shine before men, that they may see...' In both verses he speaks of doing good works 'before men' and in both the objective is stated , namely in order to be 'seen' by them. But in the earlier case, he commands it, while in the latter he prohibits it. How can this discrepancy be resolved? The contradiction is only verbal, not substantial. The clue lies in the fact that Jesus is speaking against different sins. It is our human cowardice which made him say 'let you light shine before men', and our human vanity which made him telll us to beware of practicing our piety before men. AB Bruce sums it up well when he writes that 'we are to show when tempted to hide' and ' hide when tempted to show'. Our good works must be public so that our light shines; our religious devotions must be secret lest we boast about them. Besides, the end of both instructions of Jesus is the same, namely the glory of God. Why are we to keep our piety secret? It is in order that glory may be given to God rather than men. Why are we to let our light shine and do good works in the open? It is that men may glorify our heavenly Father.
(From NBC) Matthew 9:27-31 Two blind men. This brief story closely parallels that in 20:29-34. The appeal to Jesus as Son of David, i.e. Messiah, occurs often in Matthew’s accounts of healing. It indicates a faith which Jesus tests with his question in v 28 and which is the basis of their healing. The command to keep the healing quiet (cf. 8:4) was asking a lot: how do you conceal the cure of a blind man?! But apparently they did not even try. There is an inevitable tension between Jesus’ desire to avoid inappropriate publicity and the powerful testimony which his miracles offered of who he was (cf. 11:2-5).
Why are we to let our light shine and do good works in the open? It is that men may glorify our heavenly Father.
Matt 5: 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matt 11: 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers [1] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. 6 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”
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Why are we to keep our piety secret? It is in order that glory may be given to God rather than men.
Matt 6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matt 9 :30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it.” 31 But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.
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