Matthew 6:3
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
But when thou doest almes, let not thy left hand know, what thy right doeth:
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44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
44And saith vnto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but goe thy way, shew thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony vnto them.
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4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
4And Iesus saith vnto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew thy selfe to the priest, and offer the gift that *Moses commanded, for a testimonie vnto them.
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Matthew 6:3
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A charitable gift given for the relief of the poor or needy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828 · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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6:1TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
6:1¶ Take heed that yee doe not your almes before men, to bee seene of them: otherwise yee haue no reward ‖of your father which is in heauen.
6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6:2Therefore, *when thou doest thine almes, ‖doe not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites doe, in the Synagogues, and in the streetes, that they may haue glory of men. Uerily, I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
6:3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
6:3But when thou doest almes, let not thy left hand know, what thy right doeth:
Selected passage6:4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
6:4That thine almes may be in secret: And thy father which seeth in secret, himselfe shall reward thee openly.