Matthew 6:1-7

Goodspeed(i) 1 "But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get! 3 But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. 5 "When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get! 6 But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.