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After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
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Fasting
“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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so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
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Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
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Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
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But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
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and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
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Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
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But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”
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I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
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Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.
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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
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Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
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When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.
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Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.
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So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
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Final Greetings
With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
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Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
