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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 ‘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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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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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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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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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 weep and fast,(A)
I must endure scorn;
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 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.
Footnotes
- 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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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 “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 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?
Esther 4:16
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast(A) for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”(B)
2 Samuel 12:16
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2 Samuel 12:16
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16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(A) in sackcloth[a] on the ground.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.
Acts 13:2-3
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Acts 13:2-3
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Psalm 109:24
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Psalm 109:24
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1 Kings 21:27
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1 Kings 21:27
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27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth(A) and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.(B)
2 Corinthians 11:27
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2 Corinthians 11:27
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27 I have labored and toiled(A) and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food;(B) I have been cold and naked.
1 Corinthians 7:5
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1 Corinthians 7:5
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5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(A) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(B) will not tempt you(C) because of your lack of self-control.
Luke 2:37
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Luke 2:37
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37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[a](A) She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.(B)
Footnotes
- Luke 2:37 Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years.
Malachi 3:14
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Malachi 3:14
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14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(A) to serve(B) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(C) and going about like mourners(D) before the Lord Almighty?
2 Samuel 12:21
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2 Samuel 12:21
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21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept,(A) but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
2 Corinthians 6:5
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2 Corinthians 6:5
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Acts 10:30
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Acts 10:30
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30 Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes(A) stood before me
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