4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


In Context

1 "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, 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 honored by men. I tell you the truth, 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.

5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.

6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:4That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:4that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:4that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4That thy alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, himself will reward thee openly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4That your alms may be in secret: and your Father which sees in secret himself shall reward you openly.