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Matthew 6:4

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2 So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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BSB
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
KJV
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
WEB
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
ASV
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
DARBY
so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.
BLB
so that your charity may be in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will reward to you.
ÅB
«så almissene dine kan være i det skjulte. Og Faren din, som ser det skjulte, han skal lønne deg åpenlyst.
OTB
slik at din givertjeneste forblir privat. Da vil din Far, som ser hva som gjøres i det stille, belønne deg.
B1930
forat din almisse kan være i lønndom, og din Fader, som ser i lønndom, han skal lønne dig i det åpenbare.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 6:18

    so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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  • Matthew 6:6

    But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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  • Jeremiah 17:10

    I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

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  • Luke 14:14

    and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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  • Psalms 44:21

    would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

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  • Matthew 25:34–40

    Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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  • Psalms 139:12

    even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

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  • Jeremiah 23:24

    “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

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