Therefore 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!

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The Sermon on the Mount: How to Pray

And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand and[a] 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!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:5 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stand”) has been translated as a finite verb