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Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be [a]recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward [b]in full already.

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

So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:2 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 6:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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