Matthew 6:17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

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, 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.