Matthew 6:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ So when you fast, make yourself look nice. Wash your face.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ When you fast, brush your hair and wash your face.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Matthew 6:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David got up from the floor. He washed himself. He changed his clothes and got dressed. Then he went into the Lord’s house to worship. Then he went home and asked for something to eat. His servants gave him some food, and he ate.

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent {messengers} to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, “Please pretend to be very sad. Put on clothes of sadness. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone that died.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Wear nice clothes and make yourself look good.

Ruth 3:3

Go wash and get dressed. Put on a nice dress, and go down to the threshing floor. But don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating supper.