Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. (KJV) Matthew 6:1-4 This is one passage of the bible that really gets me in a bad mood. The phrase "to do alms" is a general phrase meaning any form of givings and offerings. I dare say even tithes. Anyone who excludes tithes from doing alms or charitable giving especially in this era of money based tithing is greedy since that is trying to argue that only church leaders are capable of allocating resources in a way that enhances service to God whic...