Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
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;
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 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. 17 But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean; 18 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.
Cross References
Ruth 3:3
So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.
2 Samuel 12:20
Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.
Daniel 10:2-3
In those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three full weeks.