| Matthew 6:17 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | When you fast, wash your face and comb your hair.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; |
| ASV: | But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; |
| BBE: | But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean; |
| DBY: | But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face, |
| ERV: | But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; |
| WEY: | But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face, |
| WBS: | But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; |
| WEB: | But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; |
| YLT: | 'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, |
| Matthew 6:17 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ruth 3:3 "Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
2 Samuel 12:20 So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he requested, they set food before him and he ate. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 6:17 Anoint thine head. That is, dress as usual.
Wash thy face. The usual practice before eating. |
| WES: | 6:17 Anoint thy head - So the Jews frequently did. Dress thyself as usual. |
| MHC: | 6:16-18 Religious fasting is a duty required of the disciples of Christ, but it is not so much a duty itself, as a means to dispose us for other duties. Fasting is the humbling of the soul, Ps 35:13; that is the inside of the duty; let that, therefore, be thy principal care, and as to the outside of it, covet not to let it be seen. God sees in secret, and will reward openly. |
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