6“And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; otherwise^a you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ²Therefore whenever you practice charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet in front of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full! ³But you, when you^* practice charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

The Sermon on the Mount: How to Pray

⁵And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand and^* pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full! ⁶But whenever you pray, enter into your inner room and shut your door and^* pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Read in Logos

Matthew 6:6: But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Footnotes

aLiterally “but if not”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“practice”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stand”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“shut”) has been translated as a finite verb