Matthew 6:18

so that you do 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. 1 Concerning Treasures

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal;

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Cross References

Matthew 6:6But you, whenever you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.

2 Corinthians 5:9Therefore also we have as our ambition, whether being at home, or being away from home, to be well pleasing to Him.

Colossians 3:22Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

1 Peter 2:13Therefore subject yourselves to every human institution on account of the Lord: whether to the king as to one having authority,

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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