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Matthew 6:16

Context
Proper Fasting

6:16 “When 1  you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive 2  so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, 3  they have their reward.

1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

2 tn Here the term “disfigure” used in a number of translations was not used because it could convey to the modern reader the notion of mutilation. L&N 79.17 states, “‘to make unsightly, to disfigure, to make ugly.’ ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ‘for they make their faces unsightly’ Mt 6:16.”

3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”



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