Matthew 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.

2Sa 12:16,21; 1Ki 21:27; Ne 1:4; Es 4:16; Ps 35:13; Ps 69:10; Ps 109:24; Isa 58:3-5; Da 9:3; Zec 7:3-5; Mal 3:14; Mt 6:2,5; Mt 9:14,15; Mr 2:18; Lu 2:37; Lu 18:12; Ac 10:30; Ac 13:2,3; Ac 14:23; 1Co 7:5; 2Co 6:5; 2Co 11:27

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.”