论周济穷人

“你们要小心,行善的时候不可张扬,故意叫人看见,否则就不能得你们天父的赏赐了。

“因此,周济穷人的时候,不要大吹大擂,像那些伪君子在会堂和街市上所行的一样,以博取人们的赞赏。我实在告诉你们,他们得到的赏赐仅此而已。 你们周济穷人的时候,右手所做的别叫左手知道,

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論賙濟窮人

「你們要小心,行善的時候不可張揚,故意叫人看見,否則就不能得你們天父的賞賜了。

「因此,賙濟窮人的時候,不要大吹大擂,像那些偽君子在會堂和街市上所行的一樣,以博取人們的讚賞。我實在告訴你們,他們得到的賞賜僅此而已。 你們賙濟窮人的時候,右手所做的別叫左手知道,

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Giving to the Needy

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.(A) If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

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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.

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.

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

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