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


In Context

1 |Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

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

5 |When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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 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.