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A Question About Fasting

33 And they said to him, (A)“The disciples of John (B)fast often and (C)offer prayers, (D)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”

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Fasting

16 “And (A)when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. (B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, (C)anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. (D)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, (A)the Holy Spirit said, (B)“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul (C)for the work to which I have called them.”

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23 And when they had (A)appointed (B)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting (C)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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(A)beatings, imprisonments, (B)riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger;

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27 (A)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, (B)in hunger and thirst, often without food,[a] in cold and exposure.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Or often in fasting