Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Holman Bible
A Conservative Version
But when thou fast, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
American Standard Version
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But when you fast, groom your hair and wash your face
Anderson New Testament
But do you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face;
Bible in Basic English
But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;
Common New Testament
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Daniel Mace New Testament
but whenever you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face:
Darby Translation
But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
Godbey New Testament
But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Goodspeed New Testament
But when you fast, perfume your hair and wash your face,
John Wesley New Testament
But thou when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
King James 2000
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
Lexham Expanded Bible
But [when] you are fasting, {put olive oil on your head} and wash your face
Modern King James verseion
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,
Moffatt New Testament
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Montgomery New Testament
"But when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,
NET Bible
When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
New Heart English Bible
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
Noyes New Testament
But do thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Sawyer New Testament
But when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face,
The Emphasized Bible
But, when, thou, art fasting, anoint thy head, and, thy face, wash, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Twentieth Century New Testament
But, when one of your fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,
Webster
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Weymouth New Testament
But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face,
Williams New Testament
But whenever you, follower of mine, fast, perfume your head and wash your face,
World English Bible
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
Worrell New Testament
But, when fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,
Worsley New Testament
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face;
Youngs Literal Translation
'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
Themes
Anointing » Why recommended by Christ in times of fasting
Fasting » Not to be made a subject of display
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 6:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: How To Fast
16 "Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward! 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you."
Cross References
Ruth 3:3
So get cleaned up, put on some perfume, dress up, and go to the threshing floor, but don't let him see you until after he's finished eating and drinking.
2 Samuel 12:20
At this, David got up from the ground, washed, anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the LORD's tent to worship. Then he went back to his palace where, at his request, they served him food and he ate.
2 Samuel 14:2
so he sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, "Please play the role of a mourner, wear the clothes of a mourner, and refrain from using makeup. Act like a woman who's been in mourning for the dead for many days.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Always keep your garments white, and don't fail to anoint your head.
Daniel 10:2-3
"At that time I, Daniel, had been mourning for three straight weeks.