Matthew 6:17

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Ruth 3:3 : 3 Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don't make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
  • 2 Sam 12:20 : 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
  • Eccl 9:8 : 8 Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.
  • Dan 10:2-3 : 2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

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    16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

  • Matt 6:18-19
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    18 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.

    19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

  • Matt 6:1-8
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    1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

    3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

    4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

    6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

    8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

  • Isa 58:3-7
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    3 'Why have we fasted,' [say they], 'and you don't see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.

    4 Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

    5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

    6 "Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

    7 Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

  • Matt 9:14-15
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    14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

    15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

  • Mark 2:18-20
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    18 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

    19 Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.

    20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

  • Dan 9:3
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    3 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

  • Luke 5:33-35
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    33 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

    34 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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    16 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

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    8 Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Ps 69:10
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    10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

  • Ruth 3:3
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    3 Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don't make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

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    26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

  • Ezek 23:40
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    40 Furthermore you have sent for men who come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and behold, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and decorate yourself with ornaments,

  • Zech 7:5-6
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    5 "Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?

    6 When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

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    14 Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

  • Ezek 24:17
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    17 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.

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    3 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

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    15 Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

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    41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

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    46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

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    29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.

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    22 You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

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    12 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

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    18 and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.

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