Matthew 6:18
so that people won't see you're fasting, and your unseen Father who sees what happens in private will reward you.
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In Context
17Instead, when you fast, wash your face and look smart,
Cross References
Matthew 6:6But you, when you pray, go indoors and close the door, and pray to your Father in private, and your Father who sees what happens in private will reward you.
2 Corinthians 5:9That's why our goal, whether home here in our bodies or not, is to make sure we please him.
Colossians 3:22Those of you who are servants, do everything your human masters tell you, not with just an eye to please them, but honestly and sincerely, respecting the Lord.
1 Peter 2:13Obey human authority for the Lord's sake, whether it is the king as the highest 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 →