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Matthew 6:16-17
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Fasting
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“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
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Leviticus 16:29,31
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Leviticus 23:27-32
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Numbers 29:7
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Isaiah 58:5
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Zechariah 7:5
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Zechariah 8:19
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