Matthew 6:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,”
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BSBPD
“But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 6:17 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 3:3Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
- 2 Samuel 12:20Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
- 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
- Ecclesiastes 9:8Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
- Daniel 10:2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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