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Matthew 6:17-19
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17 But when[a] you are fasting, put olive oil on your head[b] and wash your face 18 so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

The Sermon on the Mount: Treasure in Heaven

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming insect[c] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“fasting”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 6:17 Literally “anoint your head”
  3. Matthew 6:19 Traditionally “rust,” but more likely in this context along with “moth” the term refers to “eating” by other types of insects or vermin
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