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


In Context

14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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

18 That you appear not to men to fast, but to your Father which is in secret: and your Father, which sees in secret, shall reward you openly.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Matthew 6:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:17But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,