This chapter contains the central portion of the Sermon on the Mount, including the Lord's Prayer.

[3] Sometimes called the "Discourse on Ostentation",[citation needed] these verses address the three most important outward expressions of Jewish piety, almsgiving, prayer, and fasting.

The second part in Matthew 6:25–34 deals with trust in God and also has three elements and provides reasons for not being anxious.

[2] In John Wesley's analysis of the Sermon on the Mount, chapter five outlines "the sum of all true religion", allowing this chapter to detail "rules for that right intention which we are to preserve in all our outward actions, unmixed with worldly desires or anxious cares for even the necessaries of life" and the following chapter to provide "cautions against the main hinderances of religion".

[4] Wesley further analyses chapter 6 as follows: In the 2007 book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, it is written that the inscription on the tombstone of Ariana Dumbledore reads "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also".