so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus<n id="1" /> himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself<n id="1" /> does anything in secret.<n id="2" /> If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.&#8221;

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart<n id="1" /> by the Spirit<n id="2" /> and not by the written code.<n id="3" /> This person&#8217;s<n id="4" /> praise is not from people but from God.p>

But whenever you pray, go into your room,<n id="1" /> close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.<n id="2" />

Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues<n id="2" /> and in the temple courts,<n id="3" /> where all the Jewish people<n id="4" /> assemble together. I<n id="5" /> have said nothing in secret.