Matthew 6:16

Translations

Modern

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Traditional

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

Literal

And when you may fast, do not be as the hypocrites, gloomy-faced; for they disfigure their faces so that they might appear to men as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Latin

Cum autem jejunatis, nolite fieri sicut hypocritæ, tristes. Exterminant enim facies suas, ut appareant hominibus jejunantes. Amen dico vobis, quia receperunt mercedem suam.

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Greek

English

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Notes

Matthew 6:16

People often connect prayer and fasting (Leviticus 23:27–32; Nehemiah 9:1–2; Zechariah 7:3–5; 8:19; Luke 18:12). Before the time of Jesus, some Israelites misused this practice (Isaiah 58:3–12).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses Pure Worship Religious Hypocrisy

Events

Sermon on the Mountc. AD 28

Related verses

Isaiah 58:3–5
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Matthew 9:14–15
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
Psalm 69:10
I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Psalm 35:13
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Acts 14:23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Mark 2:18
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
Esther 4:16
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
Zechariah 7:3–5
…by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
2 Samuel 12:16
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Fast, Fasting Gospel of Matthew Heal, Healing Jesus Christ Moses Reward

Topics

Closer to God Commandments: Precepts of Jesus--Explicitly Stated, or Implied in Didactic Discourse Face: Disfiguring of, in Fasting Fasting of Hypocrites: Ostentatious Fasting: Not to be Made a Subject of Display Fasting: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Good Works: Saints: should Avoid Ostentation In Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Motive: Right, Required Pharisees: Hypocrisy of, Reproved by Jesus Religion: True The Daniel Fast

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