Matthew 6:1-4

Expanded Bible

Jesus Teaches About Giving

6 “·Be careful! When you do good things, don’t do them [or Be careful not to do/parade your righteous deeds] in front of people to be ·seen [noticed] by them. If you do that, you will ·have no [lose the] reward from your Father in heaven.

² “[^LSo] When you give to the poor, don’t be like the hypocrites. They blow trumpets [^Ceither figuratively (“blow their own horn”) or literally, since trumpets sometimes announced public events] in the synagogues and on the streets so that people will see them and ·honor [admire] them. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward [^Cpraise from people, rather than reward from God]. ³ So when you give to the poor, don’t let ·anyone know what you are [^Lyour left hand know what your right hand is] doing. ⁴ Your giving should be done in ·secret [private]. Your Father can see what is done in ·secret [private], and he will reward you.