16 “When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
16 And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They haveD6687 their reward.
have - 'Have' has here the force of having all they have to expect – they have the whole of it already. It is expressed in English by laying the stress on 'have.' Perhaps one might say 'have got.'
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.”
16 Moreover G1161 whenG3752 ye fastG3522, beG1096 notG3361, asG5618 the hypocritesG5273, of a sad countenanceG4659: forG1063 they disfigureG853 theirG846 facesG4383, thatG3704 they may appearG5316 unto menG444 to fastG3522. VerilyG281 I sayG3004 unto youG5213, G3754 They haveG568 theirG846 rewardG3408.
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