That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

“When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.

so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

Your giving should be done in secret. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.

that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

Give secretly and your Father, who sees all you do, will reward you openly.”

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.