Matthew 6:16
16And 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.p
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16And 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.p
Matthew 6 forms the heart of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, shifting from the Beatitudes and ethical teachings to the inner life of devotion. Jesus directly addresses three core practices of Jewish piety — giving, prayer, and fasting — warning against performing them for public approval. The chapter
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