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Matthew 6:4
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KJ21
that thine almsgiving may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, Himself shall reward thee openly.
ASV
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
AMP
so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.
AMPC
So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.
BRG
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
CSB
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
CSBA
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
CEB
so that you may give to the poor in secret. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.
CJB
Then your tzedakah will be in secret; and your Father, who sees what you do in secret, will reward you.
CEV
Then your gift will be given in secret. Your Father knows what is done in secret and will reward you.
DARBY
so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.
DLNT
so that your almsgiving may be in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will reward you.
DRA
That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
ERV
Your giving should be done in private. Your Father can see what is done in private, and he will reward you.
EASY
Nobody else will know about the good thing that you have done. But God sees the things that you do secretly. In return, he will give you good things.’
EHV
Then your acts of mercy will be in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
ESV
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
ESVUK
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
EXB
Your giving should be done in ·secret [private]. Your Father can see what is done in ·secret [private], and he will reward you.
GNV
That thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, he will reward thee openly.
GW
Give your contributions privately. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.
GNT
Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
HCSB
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
ICB
Your giving should be done in secret. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.
ISV
so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
PHILLIPS
“So, when you do good to other people, don’t hire a trumpeter to go in front of you—like those play-actors in the synagogues and streets who make sure that men admire them. Believe me, they have had all the reward they are going to get! No, when you give to charity, don’t even let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be secret. Your Father who knows all secrets will reward you.
JUB
that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret, he shall reward thee openly.
KJV
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
AKJV
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
LSB
so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
LEB
in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
TLB
And your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.
MSG
“When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
MEV
that your charitable deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
MOUNCE
so that your almsgiving may be · in · secret; and · your Father who sees in · secret will reward you.
NOG
Give your contributions privately. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.
NABRE
so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
NASB
so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
NASB1995
so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
NCB
Your almsgiving must be done in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
NCV
Your giving should be done in secret. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.
NET
so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
NIRV
Then your giving will be done secretly. Your Father will reward you, because he sees what you do secretly.
NIV
so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
NIVUK
so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
NKJV
that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
NLV
Your giving should be in secret. Then your Father Who sees in secret will reward you.
NLT
Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
NMB
so that your giving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
NRSVA
so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
NRSVACE
so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
NRSVCE
so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
NRSVUE
so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
NTFE
That way, your giving will be in secret. And your father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
OJB
so that your tzedakah may be nistar (hidden, in secret), and your Av HaRoeh b’seter (Father, the One seeing in secret) [His] sachar (reward) will give you.
RGT
“so that your alms may be in secret. And your Father, Who sees in secret, He will reward you openly.
RSV
so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
RSVCE
so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
TLV
so that your tzedakah may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.
VOICE
When you give to the needy, do it in secret—even your left hand should not know what your right hand is doing. Then your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
WEB
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
WE
In this way, what you give to the poor will be secret. Your Father sees secret things and he will reward you.
WYC
that thine alms be in huddles, and thy Father that seeth in huddles, shall requite thee [shall yield to thee].
YLT
that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
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