Matthew 6:3

Whenever you give something to help somebody, don’t tell anyone else about it, not even your best friend.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2You know, there are some people that want everyone to think they are good, even though they are not good. So whenever they give something to help a poor person, they do it in front of the meeting house or on a busy street, so that people will see it and say that they are good. But listen, that is all those people will get. God will not give them anything good for doing that. Don’t be like them.

4Keep it a secret. You know, God, your father, always sees what you do in secret, and he will be properly good to you for doing that.”

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Cross References

Matthew 12:19He will not fight with anyone or shout at people. Nobody will hear him shouting in the streets.

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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