Matthew 6:4

In that way, you will be giving to the poor secretly. As a result God, your Father who observes you while no one else sees you, will reward you.

Translation for Translators

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

3Instead of doing as they do, when you give something to the poor, do not let other people know that you are doing that [MET].

5Also when you pray, do not do what the hypocrites do. They like to stand in the Jewish meeting places and on the corners of the main streets to pray, in order that other people will see them and think highly of them. Keep this in mind: People praise them, but that is the only reward they will get.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:3You know what I think, even at night; you have examined what I say and do, and you know that I have determined to never tell any lies.

Psalms 139:1Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know everything about me.

Jeremiah 17:10But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.”

Matthew 6:6But as for you, when you pray, go into your private room and close the door in order to pray to God, your Father, whom no one can see. He observes you where no one else observes you, and he will reward you.

Matthew 10:42Note this: Suppose people see that you are thirsty [MTY] and give you a drink of cold water because they know that [MTY] you are one of my disciples. God will certainly reward people who do that. They might consider that what they did is insignificant, but God will consider it very significant” [LIT].

Luke 8:17God wants to make clear all of his truth that was not evident previously. He intends that all of the truth that he had not revealed before be told openly {that his people openly tell others all of the truth that he has not revealed before}.

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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