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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Matthew 6:17
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But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face:
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
"But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
So when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face.
"But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face
But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Instead, comb your hair and wash your face.
But you, when you fast, wash your face and groom yourself,
But *thou*, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
So when you fast, wash your face and make yourself look nice.
But you, when you fast, wash your face and anoint your head;
When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair,
But when you are fasting, put olive oil on your head and wash your face
But you in fasting, anoint your head and wash your face,
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
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But thou, when thou art fasting, wash thy face and anoint thine head,
But, when thou fastest, wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head:
But thou, when thou fastest, annoynt thyne head, and washe thy face:
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
But thou when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face.
But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face,
But whanne thou fastist, anoynte thin heed, and waische thi face,
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face.
When you go without food so you can pray better, put oil on your head and wash your face.
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
But, when, thou, art fasting, anoint thy head, and, thy face, wash, -
But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
But thou whe thou fastest annoynte thyne heed and washe thy face
`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
But thou, whe thou fastest, annoynte thyne heed, and wash thy face,
but whenever you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face:
But if you go without food for a while, saddle up and ride just like it's any normal day of work.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
anoint: Ruth 3:3, 2 Samuel 14:2, Ecclesiastes 9:8, Daniel 10:2, Daniel 10:3
Reciprocal: Psalms 23:5 - thou anointest Luke 5:35 - and Luke 7:46 - General
Cross-References
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.
"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
"Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
"As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them."
Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But thou, when thou fastest,.... Christ allows of fasting, but what is of a quite different kind from that of the Jews; which lay not in an outward abstinence from food, and other conveniences of life, and refreshments of nature; but in an abstinence from sin, in acknowledgment and confession of it; and in the exercise of faith and hope in God, as a God pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin; wherefore cheerfulness, and a free use of the creatures, without an abuse of them, best became such persons.
Anoint thine head, and wash thy face; directly contrary to the Jewish canons, which forbid these things, with others, on fast days:
"On the day of atonement, (say i they,) a man is forbidden eating and drinking, וברחיצהובסיכה "and washing and anointing", and putting on of shoes, and the use of the bed.''
And the same were forbidden on other fasts: in anointings, the head was anointed first, and this rule and reason are given for it:
"he that would anoint his whole body, סך ראשו תחילה, "let him anoint his head first", because it is king over all its members k.''
Anointing and washing were signs of cheerfulness and joy; see Ruth 3:3.
i Misn. Yoma, c. 8. sect. 1. & Taanith, c. 1. sect. 4, 5, 6. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 77. 2. Taanith, fol. 12. 2. Moses Kotsensis Mitzvot Tora, pr. affirm. 32. k T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 61. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But thou when thou fastest, anoint ... - That is, appear as you do daily. Do not assume any new appearance, or change your visage or dress. The Jews and all neighboring nations were much in the habit of washing and anointing their bodies. This washing was performed at every meal; and where it could be effected, the head, or other parts of the body, was daily anointed with sweet or olive oil. In a warm climate, exposed to the great heat of the sun, this practice conduced much to health, preserved the skin smooth and tender, and afforded a most grateful sensation and odor. See Mark 7:2-3; James 5:14; Mark 11:13; John 12:3.
The meaning of this whole commandment is, when you regard it to be your duty to fast, do it as a thing expressing deep feeling or sorrow for sin, not by assuming unfelt gravity and moroseness, but in your ordinary dress and appearance; not to attract attention, but as an expression of feeling toward God, and he will approve and reward it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 6:17. Anoint thine head and wash thy face — These were forbidden in the Jewish canon on days of fasting and humiliation; and hypocrites availed themselves of this ordinance, that they might appear to fast. Our Lord, therefore, cautions us against this: as if he had said, Affect nothing - dress in thy ordinary manner, and let the whole of thy deportment prove that thou desirest to recommend my soul to God, and not thy face to men. That factitious mourning, which consists in putting on black clothes, crapes, c., is utterly inconsistent with the simplicity of the Gospel of Christ and if practised in reference to spiritual matters, is certainly forbidden here: but sin is so common, and so boldly persisted in, that not even a crape is put on, as an evidence of deploring its influence, or of sorrow for having committed it.
