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37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(A)

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The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,(A)

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23 And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.(A)

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Surely[a] goodness and mercy[b] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    my whole life long.[c](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.6 Or Only
  2. 23.6 Or kindness
  3. 23.6 Heb for length of days

One thing I asked of the Lord;
    this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
    and to inquire in his temple.(A)

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Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.(A)

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a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship day and night. It is for this hope, Your Excellency,[a] that I am accused by Jews!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26.7 Gk O King

O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
    and by night but find no rest.(A)

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15 For this reason they are before the throne of God
    and worship him day and night within his temple,
    and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.(A)

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12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.(A)

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The Question about Fasting

33 Then they said to him, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.”(A)

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Psalm 135

Praise for God’s Goodness and Might

Praise the Lord!
    Praise the name of the Lord;
    give praise, O servants of the Lord,
you who stand in the house of the Lord,
    in the courts of the house of our God.(A)

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10 For a day in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than live in the tents of wickedness.(A)

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Happy are those who live in your house,
    ever singing your praise. Selah(A)

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There is no Holy One like the Lord,
    no one besides you;
    there is no Rock like our God.(A)

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He made the basin of bronze with its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(A)

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13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in the courts of our God.

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