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16 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.

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

18 That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

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16 Ὅταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε [a]ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί, ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω [b]ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. 17 σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι, 18 ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ [c]κρυφαίῳ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ [d]κρυφαίῳ ἀποδώσει σοι.

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  1. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:16 ὡς WH Treg NIV ] ὥσπερ RP
  2. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:16 ὑμῖν WH Treg NIV ] + ὅτι RP
  3. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:18 *κρυφαίῳ WH Treg NIV ] κρυπτῷ RP
  4. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:18 *κρυφαίῳ WH Treg NIV ] κρυπτῷ RP