Giving to the Needy

1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be ^bseen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be ^cpraised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

4 but just as we have been approved ^bby God to be ^centrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^dnot to please man, but to please God who ^etests our hearts.

7 Each one must give ⁿas he has decided in his heart, ^onot reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a ^pcheerful giver.