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Matthew 6:16

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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.

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  1. Matthew 6:14

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

  2. Matthew 6:15

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

  3. Matthew 6:17

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

  4. Matthew 6:18

    That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.