Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. Treasury of Scripture when. Matthew 9:14,15 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but your disciples fast not... 2 Samuel 12:16,21 David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth... Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted... Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day... Psalm 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting... Psalm 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. Psalm 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh fails of fatness. Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple... Acts 10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold... Acts 13:2,3 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said... Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord... 1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer... 2 Corinthians 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; 2 Corinthians 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. be. Matthew 6:2,5 Therefore when you do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets... 1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted... Isaiah 58:3-5 Why have we fasted, say they, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold... Zechariah 7:3-5 And to speak to the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month... Malachi 3:14 You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance... Mark 2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say to him... Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Context Proper Fasting
16Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. 17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; 18That you appear not to men to fast, but to your Father which is in secret: and your Father, which sees in secret, shall reward you openly. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
Darby Bible Translation
And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
King James Bible
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Young's Literal Translation
'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
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