Matthew 6:3

When you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand's doing.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites who blow their own trumpets to announce what they're doing in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth: they already have their reward.

4That way what you give will be in secret, and your Father who sees what happens in secret will reward you.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:4“Make sure you don't tell anyone,” Jesus told him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and give the offering which Moses required as public proof.”

Matthew 12:19He won't argue, he won't shout out, And nobody will hear his voice in the streets.

John 7:4No one who wants to be famous keeps what they do hidden. If you can do such miracles, then 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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