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Matthew 6:16
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Matthew 6:16
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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.
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Matthew 6:16
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Matthew 6:16
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Fasting
16 “When you fast,(A) do not look somber(B) 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.
Isaiah 58:3-5
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Isaiah 58:3-5
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3 (A)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
(B)and oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
5 (C)Is such the fast that I choose,
(D)a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
Isaiah 58:3-5
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Isaiah 58:3-5
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3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(A) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(B) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(C)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(D)
and exploit all your workers.
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(E)
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard(F) on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast(G) I have chosen,
only a day for people to humble(H) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(I)
and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(J)
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?
Matthew 9:14-15
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Matthew 9:14-15
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A Question About Fasting
14 Then (A)the disciples of John came to him, saying, (B)“Why do we and (C)the Pharisees fast,[a] but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, (D)“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? (E)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (F)then they will fast.
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- Matthew 9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often
Matthew 9:14-15
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Matthew 9:14-15
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting(A)
14 Then John’s(B) disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often,(C) but your disciples do not fast?”
15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?(D) The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.(E)
Nehemiah 1:4
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Nehemiah 1:4
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Nehemiah's Prayer
4 As soon as I heard these words I (A)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (B)God of heaven.
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Nehemiah 1:4
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Nehemiah 1:4
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4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(A) For some days I mourned and fasted(B) and prayed before the God of heaven.
Luke 18:12
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Luke 18:12
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12 (A)I fast twice a week; (B)I give tithes of all that I get.’
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Luke 18:12
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Luke 18:12
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Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (A)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)
Mark 2:18
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Mark 2:18
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A Question About Fasting
18 Now (A)John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, (B)“Why do John's disciples and (C)the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
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Mark 2:18
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Mark 2:18
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting(A)
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.(B) 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?”
Psalm 69:10
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Psalm 69:10
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10 When I wept and humbled[a] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
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- Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled
Psalm 69:10
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Psalm 69:10
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10 When I weep and fast,(A)
I must endure scorn;
Psalm 35:13
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Psalm 35:13
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13 But I, (A)when they were sick—
I (B)wore sackcloth;
I (C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed (D)with head bowed[a] on my chest.
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- Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Psalm 35:13
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Psalm 35:13
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Acts 14:23
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Acts 14:23
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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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Acts 14:23
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Acts 14:23
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23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders[a](A) for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting,(B) committed them to the Lord,(C) in whom they had put their trust.
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- Acts 14:23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected
Matthew 6:5
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Matthew 6:5
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The Lord's Prayer
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love (A)to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. (B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
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Matthew 6:5
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Matthew 6:5
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Prayer(A)
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing(B) in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
Matthew 6:2
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Matthew 6:2
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2 (A)“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may (B)be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have (C)received their reward.
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Matthew 6:2
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Matthew 6:2
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2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
Zechariah 7:3-5
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Zechariah 7:3-5
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3 (A)saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and (B)the prophets, “Should I weep and (C)abstain in (D)the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
4 Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: 5 “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in (E)the fifth month and in (F)the seventh, for these (G)seventy years, (H)was it (I)for me that you fasted?
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Zechariah 7:3-5
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Zechariah 7:3-5
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3 by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn(A) and fast in the fifth(B) month, as I have done for so many years?”
4 Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: 5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted(C) and mourned in the fifth and seventh(D) months for the past seventy years,(E) was it really for me that you fasted?
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