Matthew 6:1-7 Take heed that you perform not your religious duties before men, in order to be observed by them; otherwise you will obtain no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Take heed that you perform not your religious duties before men, in order to be observed by them; otherwise you will obtain no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ² When, therefore, you give alms, do not proclaim it by sound of trumpet, as the hypocrites do, in the assemblies and in the streets, that they may be extolled by men. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward. ³ But you, when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does; ⁴ that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, to whom nothing is secret, will himself recompense you. ⁵ And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites, who affect to pray standing in the assemblies, and at the corners of the streets, that men may observe them. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward. ⁶ But you, when you would pray, retire to your closet; and having shut the door, pray to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you. ⁷ And in prayer, use not a multiplicity of words as the Pagans do, who think that using many words will gain them acceptance.