Matthew 6:3
Good News Translation
But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it.

New Revised Standard Version
But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Contemporary English Version
When you give to the poor, don't let anyone know about it.

New American Bible
But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.

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But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.

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Matthew 8:4 And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.

Matthew 12:19 He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

Mark 1:44 And he saith to him: See thou tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the high priest and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

John 7:4 For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.

Context
Giving to the Needy
2Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. 3But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. 4That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:2
Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

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

Matthew 6:2
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