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"Take care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

"So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they will be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

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