Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
A Conservative Version
But when thou do charity, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does,
American Standard Version
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But when you give money to help poor people, do not allow your left hand to know what your right hand is doing [i.e., do it inconspicuously]
Anderson New Testament
But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;
Bible in Basic English
But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:
Common New Testament
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Daniel Mace New Testament
but when you give alms, "let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth:"
Darby Translation
But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;
Godbey New Testament
But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Goodspeed New Testament
But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing,
John Wesley New Testament
But when thou dost alms, let not thy left-hand know what thy right-hand doth:
Julia Smith Translation
But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does:
King James 2000
But when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you, [when you] practice charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Modern King James verseion
But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But when thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Montgomery New Testament
"But when you give alms, do not let your right hand know what your left is doing,
NET Bible
But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
New Heart English Bible
But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
Noyes New Testament
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;
Sawyer New Testament
But when you give in charity let not your left hand know what your right hand does,
The Emphasized Bible
But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But when thou givest alms, let not thy right hand know what thy left is doing:
Twentieth Century New Testament
But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Webster
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Weymouth New Testament
But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand perceive what your right hand is doing,
Williams New Testament
But whenever you, a follower of mine, do a deed of charity, never let your own left hand know what your right hand is doing,
World English Bible
But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,
Worrell New Testament
But, when you are doing alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Worsley New Testament
But when thou givest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth:
Youngs Literal Translation
'But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,
Themes
Adoption » Should produce » An avoidance of ostentation
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Benevolence » Examples of systematic » Without ostentation
Giving » Scriptural rules for » Without ostentation
Giving » Systematic » Without ostentation
Liberality » Should be exercised » Without ostentation
Topics
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Usage: 241
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 6:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Charitable Giving
2 When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward. 3 When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.
Cross References
Matthew 8:4
Then Jesus told him, "See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, to notify men."
Matthew 9:30
and their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly charged them, "See, nobody is to know of this."
Matthew 12:19
He will not wrangle or shout, no one will hear his voice in the streets.
Mark 1:44
"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."
John 7:4
for nobody who aims at public recognition ever keeps his actions secret. Since you can do these deeds, display yourself to the world"