Matthew 6:3

But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

In Context

2When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

4that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, himself will reward you openly.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:4And Jesus said to him: See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

Matthew 12:19He shall not contend, nor cry out; nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

John 7:4for no one does any thing in secret, while he himself seeks to be before the public. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:2-5

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in… Read the whole commentary →

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