“The ostentatious performance of religious acts in order to win approbation is not at all the same thing as a life of conspicuous goodness lived in the public arena so that people cannot help but be impressed.” (Cf. Matthew 5:16; 6:1-4; 1 Tim 5:25).
R.T. France, The Gospel of Matthew NICNT (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007) 177.