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Matthew 6:17 KJV
Matthew · chapter 6 · verse 17
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;Matthew 6:17 · King James Version
Matthew 6:17 in context
15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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- fastestnēsteuōto abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink either entirely, if the fast…G3522 →
- anointaleiphōto anointG218 →
- thinesouthy, theeG4675 →
- headkephalēthe head, both of men and often of animals. Since the loss of the head destroys life…G2776 →
- washniptōto wash, to wash one's selfG3538 →
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We are here cautioned against hypocrisy in fasting, as before in almsgiving, and in prayer. I. It is here supposed that religious fasting is a duty required of the disciples of Christ, when God, in his providence, calls to it, and when the case of their own souls upon any account requires it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-18