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NASB					Matt 6:16 ¶ "^AWhenever³⁷⁵² you fast³⁵²², do not put¹⁰⁹⁶ on a gloomy⁴⁶⁵⁹ face⁴⁶⁵⁹ as the hypocrites⁵²⁷³ do, for they ¹neglect⁸⁵³ their appearance⁴³⁸³ so³⁷⁰⁴ that they will be noticed⁵³¹⁶ by men⁴⁴⁴ when they are fasting³⁵²². ^BTruly²⁸¹ I say³⁰⁰⁴ to you, they have⁵⁶⁸ their reward³⁴⁰⁸ in full⁵⁶⁸.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 6:16 ¶ "And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full. [Is 58:5]

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Lit distort their faces, i.e. discolor their faces with makeup

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Is 58:5 "Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowing one's head like a reed
And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?

Matt 6:2 ¶ "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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Greek Heb.

281

amên; adv. of Heb. or. [543]; truly:--Amen(30), truly(99).

444

anthrôpos; prob. from 435 and ôps (eye, face); a man, human, mankind:--any(1), anyone(1), child(1), enemy*(1), everyone*(1), fellow(1), friend(1), human(5), human judgment(1), human relations(1), king*(1), Man(89), man(232), man's(8), mankind(5), men(164), men's(2), nobleman*(1), one*(3), others(4), people(13), people*(1), person(2), persons(1), self(4).

568

apechô; from 575 and 2192; to hold back, keep off, to be away, be distant:--abstain(5), abstaining(1), away(1), away*(1), enough(1), have...back(1), have...in full(3), have received(1), have received in full(1), off(1), receiving...in full(1).

853

aphanizô; from 852; to make unseen, i.e. destroy:--destroy(1), destroys(1), neglect(1), perish(1), vanishes away(1).

1096

ginomai; from a prim. root gen-; to come into being, to happen, to become:--accomplished(1), appeared(3), arise(1), arises(2), arose(6), arrived(3), became(53), become(83), becomes(8), becoming(2), been(12), been brought(1), been done(1), been made(2), been...came(1), began(1), behaved(1), being(2), come into being(1), being carried(1), being done(2), being made(2), born(5), breaking*(1), came(45), came into being(2), came to pass(2), come(16), comes(1), comes to pass(1), coming(1), dawn(1), decided*(1), developing(1), done(20), drawing(1), during(1), elapsed(1), existed*(1), falling(1), feeling(1), fell(6), finished(1), followed(1), formed(3), found(2), get(4), give(1), got(1), granted(1), grown*(1), had(1), happen(6), happened(46), happening(5), happens(3), has(3), join*(1), joined(3), made(15), occur(3), occurred(18), performed(4), prove(7), proved(6), proving(1), put(1), reached(2), realized(1), results(2), show(1), spent(1), split(1), spoken(1), starting(1), take place(16), taken(2), taken place(5), takes place(1), taking place(3), there arose(1), thundered*(1), took place(7), turned(1), turns(3), would(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3408

misthos; a prim. word; wages, hire:--pay(2), price(1), reward(19), wage(1), wages(6).

3522

nêsteuô; from 3523; to fast:--fast(14), fasted(2), fasting(4).

3704

hopôs; from 3739 and 4459; as, how, that:--end(1), how(4), order(2), so(26), what(1).

3752

hotan; from 3753 and 302; whenever:--after(2), soon*(1), until*(1), when(107), whenever(9), while(2).

4383

prosôpon; from 4314 and ôps (an eye, face); the face:--ahead*(2), appearance(5), before*(2), coming*(1), face(37), faces(5), openly(1), outwardly*(1), partial*(3), partiality(1), people(1), person(1), persons(1), presence(11), sight(1).

4659

skuthrôpos; from skuthros (sullen) and ôps (eye); with a gloomy look:--gloomy face(1), looking sad(1).

5273

hupokritês; from 5271; one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite:--hypocrite(2), hypocrites(16).

5316

phainô; from a prim. root; to bring to light, to cause to appear:--appear(5), appeared(7), appears(1), became evident(1), become(1), flashes(1), noticed(2), seem(1), seen(2), shine(3), shines(1), shining(4), shown(1), visible(1).

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