1. “Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2. So whenever you do tzadakah, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!
3. But when you do tzadakah, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4. so that your tzadakah may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.
5. “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!
6. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room; and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.