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Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. <a href="/nlt/matthew/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. <a href="/esv/matthew/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. <a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And whenever you fast, do not be downcast in countenance like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they might appear to men as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their recompense. <a href="/kjv/matthew/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/6.htm">New King James Version</a> “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the 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. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. <a href="/nasb/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance in order to be seen fasting by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. <a href="/lsb/matthew/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Now whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. <a href="/amp/matthew/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full. <a href="/csb/matthew/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Whenever you fast, don&#8217t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They&#8217ve got their reward! <a href="/asv/matthew/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. <a href="/cev/matthew/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When you go without eating, don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward. <a href="/erv/matthew/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. <a href="/gwt/matthew/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "When you fast, stop looking sad like hypocrites. They put on sad faces to make it obvious that they're fasting. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward. <a href="/gnt/matthew/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> "And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. <a href="/isv/matthew/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward! <a href="/msb/matthew/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/matthew/6.htm">NET Bible</a> "When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward. <a href="/nheb/matthew/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Moreover when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by people to be fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. <a href="/wbt/matthew/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward. <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. <a href="/web/matthew/6.htm">World English Bible</a> “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And when you may fast, do not be as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; truly I say to you that they have their reward. <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And whenever you fast, do not be downcast in countenance like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they might appear to men as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their recompense. <a href="/ylt/matthew/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward. <a href="/slt/matthew/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of gloomy aspect: for they conceal their faces that they might appear to men fasting. Verily I say to you, That they have their reward.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward. <a href="/nabre/matthew/6.htm">New American Bible</a> “When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> When you fast, do not look sad like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear to men that they are fasting. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And when you are fasting, do not be gloomy like the pretenders, for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear to the children of men to fast, and truly I say to you, that they have received their reward.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward. <a href="/godbey/matthew/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. <a href="/mace/matthew/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> When ye fast, don't put on a dismal air, as the hypocrites do, who look dejected, that men may take notice of their fasting: I assure you, they have their reward. <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. <a href="/worrell/matthew/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And when ye fast, be not, like the hypocrites, of a gloomy countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may be observed by men to fast: I tell you, they have indeed their reward.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/6-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=1342" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">Proper Fasting</a> 15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours. 16<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3752.htm" title="3752: Hotan (Conj) -- When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.">When</a> <a href="/greek/3522.htm" title="3522: nēsteuēte (V-PSA-2P) -- To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food.">you fast,</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">do not</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: ginesthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">be</a> <a href="/greek/4659.htm" title="4659: skythrōpoi (Adj-NMP) -- From skuthros and a derivative of optanomai; angry-visaged, i.e. Gloomy or affecting a mournful appearance.">somber</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">like</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5273.htm" title="5273: hypokritai (N-NMP) -- From hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character, i.e. a dissembler">hypocrites,</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">for</a> <a href="/greek/853.htm" title="853: aphanizousin (V-PIA-3P) -- From aphanes; to render unapparent, i.e. consume, or disappear.">they disfigure</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/4383.htm" title="4383: prosōpa (N-ANP) -- From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person.">faces</a> <a href="/greek/3704.htm" title="3704: hopōs (Conj) -- From hos and pos; what(-ever) how, i.e. In the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)."></a> <a href="/greek/5316.htm" title="5316: phanōsin (V-ASP-3P) -- Prolongation for the base of phos; to lighten, i.e. Show.">to show</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpois (N-DMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">men</a> <a href="/greek/3522.htm" title="3522: nēsteuontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food.">they are fasting.</a> <a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">Truly</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">I tell</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/568.htm" title="568: apechousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To have in full, be far, it is enough. From apo and echo; to have out, i.e. Receive in full; to keep away, i.e. Be distant.">they already have</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3408.htm" title="3408: misthon (N-AMS) -- (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. Apparently a primary word; pay for service, good or bad.">full reward.</a> 17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-7</a> “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. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. / Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? ... <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Zechariah 7:5-6</a> “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? / And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? <a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9-14</a> To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ... <a href="/matthew/9-14.htm">Matthew 9:14-15</a> 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?” / Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. <a href="/mark/2-18.htm">Mark 2:18-20</a> 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?” / Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast. / But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. <a href="/luke/5-33.htm">Luke 5:33-35</a> Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.” / Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? / But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.” <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a> But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.” <a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9-10</a> Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. / Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. <a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27-29</a> When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly. / Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: / “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.” <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Nehemiah 1:4</a> When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a> “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!” <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-10</a> And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. / When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. / Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. ... <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2-3</a> While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” / And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Moreover 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.when.<a href="/matthew/9-14.htm">Matthew 9:14,15</a> Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? … <a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16,21</a> David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth… <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Nehemiah 1:4</a> And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,be.<a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Matthew 6:2,5</a> Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward… <a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27</a> And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.<a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-5</a> Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? 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In the Old Testament, fasting was a common practice during times of mourning, repentance, or seeking God's guidance (e.g., <a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16</a>, <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-10</a>). Jesus assumes His followers will fast, indicating its continued importance. Fasting is a way to humble oneself before God, seeking spiritual clarity and strength.Do not be somber like the hypocrites The term "hypocrites" refers to those who perform religious acts for outward show rather than genuine devotion. In the cultural context of Jesus' time, religious leaders often sought public recognition for their piety. Jesus warns against this, emphasizing sincerity in one's relationship with God. The somber appearance was a deliberate act to gain attention and admiration from others, which contradicts the true purpose of fasting.For they disfigure their faces Disfiguring the face was a way to visibly demonstrate one's fasting to others. This could involve neglecting personal grooming or applying substances to appear pale and weak. Such actions were intended to elicit sympathy or admiration, but they were superficial and missed the spiritual essence of fasting. Jesus criticizes this behavior as it prioritizes human approval over divine approval.To show men they are fasting The motivation behind the hypocrites' fasting was to gain recognition from people rather than to seek God. This reflects a broader theme in Jesus' teaching: the importance of inner righteousness over outward appearances. The desire to be seen by others undermines the spiritual benefits of fasting, which should be a private act of devotion to God.Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward Jesus emphasizes that those who fast for public recognition have received their reward in the form of human admiration. This contrasts with the eternal rewards that come from God for genuine acts of faith. The phrase "truly I tell you" underscores the certainty and authority of Jesus' statement. The concept of receiving a "full reward" highlights the futility of seeking temporary, earthly approval over lasting, heavenly rewards.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this passage, delivering the Sermon on the Mount, which includes teachings on various aspects of righteous living. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hypocrites.htm">Hypocrites</a> A term used by Jesus to describe those who perform religious acts for outward show rather than genuine devotion. In this context, they are those who fast to gain human admiration. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The primary audience of Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, representing all followers of Christ who seek to live according to His teachings. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sermon_on_the_mount.htm">The Sermon on the Mount</a> A significant teaching event in the New Testament where Jesus outlines the principles of the Kingdom of Heaven. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fasting.htm">Fasting</a> A spiritual discipline involving abstaining from food (or other things) for a period of time to focus on prayer and spiritual growth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/sincerity_in_worship.htm">Sincerity in Worship</a> Fasting should be a genuine act of devotion to God, not a performance for others. Our focus should be on God, not on gaining human approval. <a href="/topical/i/inner_transformation.htm">Inner Transformation</a> The purpose of fasting is to draw closer to God and seek spiritual growth, not merely to fulfill a religious obligation. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_hypocrisy.htm">Guarding Against Hypocrisy</a> We must examine our motives in all spiritual practices, ensuring they are rooted in a desire to honor God rather than impress others. <a href="/topical/r/reward_from_god.htm">Reward from God</a> True spiritual disciplines, done in secret and with the right heart, are rewarded by God, contrasting with the temporary and shallow rewards of human praise. <a href="/topical/h/humility_in_practice.htm">Humility in Practice</a> Fasting is a way to humble ourselves before God, acknowledging our dependence on Him and seeking His guidance and strength.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 6</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_reward_for_secret_fasting.htm">What is the reward for fasting in secret?</a> <a href="/q/do_they_exploit_widows.htm">What is the reward for fasting in secret?</a> <a href="/q/is_public_prayer_acceptable.htm">Is public prayer acceptable?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_prayer_and_fasting.htm">What does the Bible say about prayer and fasting?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) When ye fast.--Fasting had risen under the teaching of the Pharisees into a new prominence. Under the Law there had been but the one great fast of the Day of Atonement, on which men were "to afflict their souls" (<a href="/leviticus/23-27.htm" title="Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation to you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.">Leviticus 23:27</a>; <a href="/numbers/29-7.htm" title="And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall not do any work therein:">Numbers 29:7</a>) and practice had interpreted that phrase as meaning total abstinence from food. Other fasts were occasional, in times of distress or penitence, as in <a href="/joel/1-14.htm" title="Sanctify you a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD,">Joel 1:14</a>; <a href="/joel/2-15.htm" title="Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:">Joel 2:15</a>; or as part of a policy affecting to be religious zeal (<a href="/1_kings/21-9.htm" title="And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:">1Kings 21:9</a>; <a href="/1_kings/21-12.htm" title="They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.">1Kings 21:12</a>); or as the expression of personal sorrow (<a href="/1_samuel/20-34.htm" title="So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.">1Samuel 20:34</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm" title="David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.">2Samuel 12:16</a>; <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm" title="Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.">Ezra 10:6</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm" title="And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,">Nehemiah 1:4</a>; et al.). These were observed with an ostentatious show of affliction which called forth the indignant sarcasm of the prophets (<a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm" title="Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?">Isaiah 58:5</a>). The "sackcloth" took the place of the usual raiment, "ashes" on the head, of the usual unguents (<a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm" title="Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloths, and earth on them.">Nehemiah 9:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm" title="But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.">Psalm 35:13</a>). The tradition of the Pharisees starting from the true principle that fasting was one way of attaining self-control, and that as a discipline it was effectual in proportion as it was systematic, fixed on the fasts "twice in the week," specified in the prayer of the Pharisee (<a href="/luke/18-12.htm" title="I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.">Luke 18:12</a>); and the second and fifth days of the week were fixed, and connected with some vague idea that Moses went up Mount Sinai on the one, and descended on the other. Our Lord, we may note, does not blame the principle, or even the rule, on which the Pharisees acted. He recognises fasting, as He recognises almsgiving and prayer, and is content to warn His disciples against the ostentation that vitiates all three, the secret self-satisfaction under the mask of contrition, the "pride that apes humility." The very words, "when thou fastest" contain an implied command. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 16-18. - Matthew only. Verse 16. - Fasting. The third in the series of recognized religious duties (ver. 1, note). (On the prominence given to fasting, see 'Psalms of Solomon,' 3:9, with Ryle's and James's note, and Schurer, II. 2:118; cf. <a href="/matthew/9-14.htm">Matthew 9:14</a>.) Observe (1) Christ does not abolish it, but regulates it; (2) yet fasting is mentioned much less often in the true text of the New Testament than in that which, developed contemporaneously with eccle-siasticism, became the Received Text. Be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. The Revised Version, by inserting a comma between "not" and "as," shows that the true emphasis of the warning lies, not on resemblance to the hypocrites themselves, but on being of a sad countenance, as in fact also the hypocrites were. The hypocrites (ver. 2, note; cf. also 'Didache,' § 8, "But let not your fasts be with the hypocrites," where, however, the thought is rather of hypocrites as representing the Pharisaic, the typically Jewish party). The early Jewish Christians are bidden in the 'Didache' to avoid the fasting-days chosen by the Jews. Be not. Our Lord does not forbid even this sad countenance if it be, so to speak, natural; but do not, because you fast, therefore purposely become so (μὴ γίνεσθε), i.e. in sign of your supposed sorrow for sin (cf. Ecclus. 19:26). Of a sad countenance (σκυθρωποί); gloomy, especially- in knitting the brows. In <a href="/daniel/1-10.htm">Daniel 1:10</a> (Thee-dotion) used of merely physically bad looks (cf. 'Test. XII. Patr.,' § 4, of the look of a man whose liver is out of order). In the New Testament elsewhere only <a href="/luke/24-17.htm">Luke 24:17</a>, "And they stood still, looking sad," Revised Version (cf. <a href="/genesis/40-7.htm">Genesis 40:7</a>; Ecclus. 25:23). For they disfigure. The play on the words (ἀφανίζουσιν. . . ὅπως φανῶσιν, hardly to be reproduced in English," They disfigure... that they may figure before men as fasting") points to the 'Gospel having been originally composed in Greek (see Introduction, p. 13.). It is curious that ἀφανίζω comes elsewhere in Matthew only in vers. 19, 20, while in the whole of the New Testament it only comes twice besides: <a href="/acts/13-41.htm">Acts 13:41</a> (from the LXX.) and <a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a> (ἀφανισμός, <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Hebrews 8:13</a>). As ver. 19 is peculiar to Matthew, and ver. 20 is a corollary to it though in part found also in <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a>, the whole passage vers. 16-20 is probably either due to the author of the First Gospel or else derived by him from some one source. In this connexion it may be noticed that κρυφαῖος comes in the New Testament only in ver. 18 (twice). Physical disfigurement, common in many nations as a sign of grief, such as tearing or marking the flesh, is not to be thought of, since this was forbidden (<a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Leviticus 19:28</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>). Ἀφανίζειν, too, has no such connotation, but rather hiding out of sight, hence causing to vanish, destroy (ver. 19); here, in the sense of giving a strange, unpleasant appearance, e.g. by ashes, or by not washing, or even by covering part of the face or the head (cf. <a href="/ezekiel/24-17.htm">Ezekiel 24:17</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">2 Samuel 15:30</a>; <a href="/esther/6-12.htm">Esther 6:12</a>). That they may appear unto men to fast; Revised Version, that they may be seen, etc.; i.e. not the mere appearance, as though there were appearance only, but the being seen as fasting - conspicuousness, not mere semblance. Hence νηστεύοντες is expressed (contrast ver. 5), since while in ver. 5 not the praying but the piety that induced it is to be made apparent, here it is the very fact itself of fasting, which, except for these external signs, might escape human notice. They have (ver. 2, note). <a href="/commentaries/matthew/6-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>When Ὅταν (Hotan) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3752.htm">Strong's 3752: </a> When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as. you fast, νηστεύητε (nēsteuēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3522.htm">Strong's 3522: </a> To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food. [do] not μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. be γίνεσθε (ginesthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. somber σκυθρωποί (skythrōpoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4659.htm">Strong's 4659: </a> From skuthros and a derivative of optanomai; angry-visaged, i.e. Gloomy or affecting a mournful appearance. like ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. hypocrites, ὑποκριταὶ (hypokritai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5273.htm">Strong's 5273: </a> From hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character, i.e. a dissembler for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. they disfigure ἀφανίζουσιν (aphanizousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> From aphanes; to render unapparent, i.e. consume, or disappear. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. faces πρόσωπα (prosōpa) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4383.htm">Strong's 4383: </a> From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person. to show φανῶσιν (phanōsin) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5316.htm">Strong's 5316: </a> Prolongation for the base of phos; to lighten, i.e. Show. men ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. they are fasting. νηστεύοντες (nēsteuontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3522.htm">Strong's 3522: </a> To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food. Truly ἀμὴν (amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. I tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. they already have ἀπέχουσιν (apechousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_568.htm">Strong's 568: </a> To have in full, be far, it is enough. From apo and echo; to have out, i.e. Receive in full; to keep away, i.e. Be distant. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. reward. μισθὸν (misthon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3408.htm">Strong's 3408: </a> (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. 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