Readers Theater - Matthew 6:1-4
Give in Secret that You Might Receive Your True Reward

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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READER 1	Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men, to be seen by them.
READER 2	To be seen by them.
READER 3	To be noticed and praised.
READER 1	If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
READER 2	No reward.
READER 3	No notice.
READER 2	No notice by your heavenly Father.
READER 3	No reward from the One who really matters.
READER 1	So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets,
READER 2	Ta-ta-TAAH [simulating a trumpet]
READER 1	Do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men.
READER 2	To be considered men of honor.
READER 3	Honored by men.
READER 1	I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
READER 2	In full.
READER 3	Completely.
READER 1	But when you give to the needy,
READER 2	The poor,
READER 3	Those without enough to eat,
READER 1	Or enough clothes to wear,
READER 2	Who lack what you have.
READER 3	The needy.
READER 2	The poor.
READER 1	But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret.
READER 2	Secret.
READER 3	Private
READER 2	Unnoticed.
READER 1	Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
READER 2	He sees what is done in secret.
READER 3	He notices.
READER 2	He sees.
READER 3	And will reward you.
READER 2	He will smile.
READER 3	He is pleased.
READER 1	Your Father,
READER 2	Who sees what is done in secret,
READER 3	Will reward you.

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