Verse 4
Matthew 6:4
World English Bible
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so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Original Language Text
greek
ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ ⸀κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει ⸀σοι.
English Translation
That your charity may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you ha...
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2
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do i...
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3
But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,
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4
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you o...
5
“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogu...
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6
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father...
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7
In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard...
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8
Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
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9
Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
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10
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
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11
Give us today our daily bread.
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12
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
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13
Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power...
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14
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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15
But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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16
“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their fac...
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17
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
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18
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father...
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19
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves...
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20
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thiev...
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21
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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22
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of l...
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23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is i...
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24
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will...
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25
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; no...
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26
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your he...
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27
“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment
to his lifespan?
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28
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toi...
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yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
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But if God (Elohim) so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown i...
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31
“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will...
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32
For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all thes...
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33
But seek first God (Elohim)’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to...
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34
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own ev...
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