Matthew 5:23

5:23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 6:4

6:4 so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.


tc L W Θ 0250 Ï it read ἐν τῷ φανερῷ (en tw fanerw, “openly”) at the end of this verse, giving a counterweight to what is done in secret. But this reading is suspect because of the obvious literary balance, because of detouring the point of the passage (the focus of vv. 1-4 is not on two kinds of public rewards but on human vs. divine approbation), and because of superior external testimony that lacks this reading (א B D Z Ë1,13 33 al).