Matthew 6:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

"Moreover, when you fast, do not become gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men [to be] fasting. Assuredly I say to you, that they receive their reward in full.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy and sour and dreary like the hypocrites, for they put on a dismal countenance, that their fasting may be apparent to and seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full already. [Isa. 58:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

“And when you fast, don’t put on a sad face like the hypocrites. They distort their faces so people will know they are fasting. I assure you that they have their reward.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Matthew 6:16 Cross References

Matthew 6:1

"Take care not to be doing your charitable giving before men, so as to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have not a reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:2

Whenever therefore you do charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by men. Assuredly I say to you, they receive their reward in full.

Matthew 6:5

"And whenever you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and on the streetcorners, so that they may be seen by men. Assuredly I say to you, that they receive their reward in full.

Mark 2:18

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week, I tithe [on ]all things, as many as I acquire.'

Luke 2:37

and she [was] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Acts 10:30

So Cornelius said, "From the fourth day until this hour I was fasting, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in shining clothing,

Acts 14:23

And having chosen elders for them in every church, [and ]having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement, [and that] for a season, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in labor and hardship, in sleepless nights often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness-

2 Corinthians 6:5

in stripes, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in labors, in sleepless nights, in fastings;