Matthew 6:4

so that your tzedakah may be nistar (hidden, in secret), and your Av HaRoeh b'seter (Father, the One seeing in secret) + 6:4 His sachar (reward) will give you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

In Context

3But when you contribute tzedakah, do not let your left hand have da'as (knowledge) of what your right hand is doing,

5And whenever you daven (pray), do not be as the tzevuim (hypocrites); for they love to stand and daven in the shuls and on the street corners so that they may be seen by an audience. Omein, truly I say to you, they have their sachar.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:3Thou hast probed mine lev; 1 Thou hast visited me in the lailah; 1 Thou hast tested me and shalt find nothing; 1 I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 1

Psalms 139:1(For the one directing, Mizmor of Dovid) 1

Jeremiah 17:10I, Hashem, search the lev, 1 I test the kelayot (kidneys), + 17:10 i.e., most inward parts 1 requiting to every ish according to his drakhim, 1 and according to the p'ri of his deeds. 1

Matthew 6:6But you, whenever you daven, enter into the secret place, your secret cheder, and, having shut your door, offer tefillos to your Av Asher b'Seter (Father Who is in Secret), and your Av haRoeh b'seter (Father, the One seeing in secret) + 6:6 His sachar will give you.

Matthew 10:42And whoever in the name of a talmid + 10:42 of Moshiach gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones, + 10:42 the least of the talmidim of Moshiach omein, I say to you, he will by no means lose his sachar.

Luke 8:17For nothing is nistar (hidden) which will not become nikar (evident), nor anything hidden which shall not be made known and come to ohr (light).

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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