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Matthew 6:17

โ€œBut you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;โ€

Verse in context โ€” Matthew 6

15

But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16

Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

17

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

18

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

19

Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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