“But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;”
— WEB
Matthew 6:17
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“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;”
— KJV
“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;”
— ASV
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face--as the Jews did, except when mourning (Dan 10:3); so that the meaning is, "Appear as usual"--appear so as to attract no notice.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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