Matthew 

Fasting to Be Seen Only by God

16 “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the [a]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [b]openly.

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 6:16 pretenders
2. Matthew 6:18 NU, M omit openly

New King James Version (NKJV)

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