Matthew 6:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face,

American Standard Version (1901)

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Common English Bible

When you fast, brush your hair and wash your face.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Matthew 6:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord, and worshiped; he then went to his own house; and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 14:2

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments; do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead;

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments be always white; let not oil be lacking on your head.

Ruth 3:3

Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.