Matthew 6:17 “But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,”

Matthew 6:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

But thou, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

Young's Literal Translation

'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

Bible in Basic English

But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

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Cross references

“anoint”

Ruth 3:3 Ecclesiastes 9:8 2 Samuel 14:2 Daniel 10:2 Daniel 10:3

Ruth 3:3 · BSB

Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

Ecclesiastes 9:8 · BSB

Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.

2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB

So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long…

Daniel 10:2 · BSB

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

Daniel 10:3 · BSB

I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

Also

2 Samuel 12:20

2 Samuel 12:20 · BSB

Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

18so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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