Matthew 6:4
so that your gift may be given in secret. Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Cross References
Psalms 17:3If you test my heart, if you come to me in the night, 1 you will purify me and will not find any evil plans; my mouth will not transgress. 1
Psalms 139:1Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me. 1
Jeremiah 17:10I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts. 1 I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. 1
Matthew 6:6But you, when you pray, enter your inner chamber. Shut the door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 10:42Whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I say to you, he will in no way lose his reward.”
Luke 8:17For nothing is hidden that will not be made known, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come into the 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 →