Matthew 6:16

¹⁶Ὅταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε ⸀ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί, ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω ⸀ὑμῖν ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν.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