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Matthew 6:16
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing Matthew 6:16, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Matthew 6:16
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 16.7
Works done by unregenerate men, although, for the matter of them, they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others: yet…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 113
The sins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God’s name as is required; and the abuse of it in an ignorant, vain, irreverent, profane…
Matthew 6:16-18
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 21.7
Religious fasting is an ordinance of God in which the believer voluntarily abstains from food for a season for the purpose of seeking the will of God, strength…