Matthew 6:4

"so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Montgomery New Testament

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

3"But when you give alms, do not let your right hand know what your left is doing,

5"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:6"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 10:42"And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

Luke 8:17"For is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed; there is nothing secret which shall not be made known and come to 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 →

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