Matthew 6:17

But do you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

In Context

16And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

18that you may not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:17-19

The Sermon on the Mount. 16 Moreover 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. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That 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. We are here cautioned against hypocrisy in fasting, as before in almsgiving, and in… Read the whole commentary →

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