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

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Jesus replied, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.