Matthew 6:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ But when you fast, put oil on your head and 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 rose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. 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

Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, and 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 always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.

Ruth 3:3

Now wash 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.