Matthew 6:18 Parallel Translations

Then your fasting won't be obvious. Instead, it will be obvious to your Father who is with you in private. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.

BBE:

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

DBY:

so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.

ERV:

that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.

WEY:

that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

WBS:

That thou mayest not appear to men to fast, but to thy Father, who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

WEB:

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

YLT:

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

Matthew 6:18 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 6:4 so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:6 "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

6:18 Thy Father... shall reward thee. Our self-denial must be for the eyes of God, not of men.

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.

CONC:

Apparent Appear Fast Fasting Manifestly Mayest Noticed Openly Recompense Render Reward Secret Seeing Sees Unseen

Apparent Appear Fast Fasting Manifestly Mayest Noticed Obvious Openly Recompense Render Reward Secret Unseen

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