Matthew 6:16–24

The Sermon on the Mount: How to Fast

16 “Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full! 17 But when* you are fasting, ⌊put olive oil on your head⌋d and wash your face 18 so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

The Sermon on the Mount: Treasure in Heaven

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming insecte destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming insectf destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

24 “No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.g

*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“fasting”) which is understood as temporal
d	Literally “anoint your head”
e	Traditionally “rust,” but more likely in this context along with “moth” the term refers to “eating” by other types of insects or vermin
f	Traditionally “rust,” but more likely in this context along with “moth” the term refers to “eating” by other types of insects or vermin
g	Traditionally transliterated from the Greek as “mammon”