KJV King James Version
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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Matthew 6:17
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
WEB World English Bible
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
ASV American Standard Version
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
Surrounding context — Matthew 6
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
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Ruth 3:3Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.Ecclesiastes 9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.Daniel 10:2-3In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.2 Samuel 12:20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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