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  • Matthew 6:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 16 “When you fast,+ stop becoming sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so they may appear to men to be fasting.+ Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

  • Matthew 6:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 16 “When you fast,+ stop becoming sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces* so they may appear to men to be fasting.+ Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

  • Matthew 6:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 16 Ὅταν Whenever δὲ but νηστεύητε, YOU may fast, μὴ not γίνεσθε be becoming ὡς as οἱ the ὑποκριταὶ hypocrites σκυθρωποί, sad-faced, ἀφανίζουσιν they disfigure γὰρ for τὰ the πρόσωπα faces αὐτῶν of them ὅπως so that φανῶσιν they might appear τοῖς to the ἀνθρώποις men νηστεύοντες· fasting; ἀμὴν amen λέγω I am saying ὑμῖν, to YOU, ἀπέχουσιν they have in full τὸν the μισθὸν reward αὐτῶν. of them.

  • Matthew 6:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 16 “When YOU are fasting,+ stop becoming sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting.+ Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full.

  • Matthew 6:16
    American Standard Version
    • 16 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.

  • Matthew 6:16
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 16 And when ye may be fasting become not ye as the hypocrites of sullen countenance,—for they darken their looks that they may appear unto men to be fasting: Verily I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.

  • Matthew 6:16
    King James Version
    • 16 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.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 6:16 it-1 812; w90 10/1 17

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 6:16 w85 11/15 28-29; w78 9/1 14-15; g74 12/8 27; w71 536; ad 64, 567-568, 818; g66 3/22 8; g63 2/22 28; w58 575; w53 287; w51 326

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 6:16

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 812

      The Watchtower,

      10/1/1990, p. 17

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