But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; Context Proper Fasting
16Moreover 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. 17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; 18That 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. Parallel Verses American Standard Version But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Douay-Rheims Bible But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
Darby Bible Translation But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
King James Bible But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Young's Literal Translation 'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
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