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Thus whenever you do charitable giving,[a] do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues[b] and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth,[c] they have their reward!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:2 tn Grk “give alms,” referring primarily to the giving of money or food for the relief of the poor, but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).
  2. Matthew 6:2 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
  3. Matthew 6:2 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”