Matthew 6:1-4
New International Version - UK
Giving to the needy
6 ‘Be careful not to practise your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 ‘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 honoured by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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Matthew 6:1-4
The Message
The World Is Not a Stage
6 “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding.
2-4 “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
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Matthew 6:1-4
Amplified Bible
Giving to the Poor and Prayer
6 “Be [very] careful not to do your [a]good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.
2 “So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy], 4 so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.
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- Matthew 6:1 Lit righteousness before men.
Matthieu 6:1-4
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Contre l’hypocrisie religieuse
6 Gardez-vous d’accomplir devant les hommes, pour vous faire remarquer par eux, ce que vous faites pour obéir à Dieu, sinon vous n’aurez pas de récompense de votre Père céleste. 2 Ainsi, lorsque tu donnes quelque chose aux pauvres, ne le claironne pas partout. Ce sont les hypocrites qui agissent ainsi dans les synagogues et dans les rues pour que les gens chantent leurs louanges. Vraiment, je vous l’assure : leur récompense, ils l’ont d’ores et déjà reçue. 3 Mais toi, quand tu donnes quelque chose aux pauvres, que ta main gauche ne sache pas ce que fait ta main droite. 4 Que ton aumône se fasse ainsi en secret ; et ton Père, qui voit dans le secret, te le rendra.
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