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

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

More versions

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 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.