Matthew 6:18

that you may not appear to men fasting, but to your Father who [is] in secret, and your Father, who is seeing in secret, will reward you.

Literal Standard Version

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, fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,

19Do not treasure up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

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Cross References

Matthew 6:6But you, when you may pray, go into your chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who [is] in secret, and your Father who is seeing in secret will reward you.

2 Corinthians 5:9We are also ambitious for this reason, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to Him,

Colossians 3:22the servants: obey those who are masters in all things according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

1 Peter 2:13Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the LORD, whether to a king, as the highest,

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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