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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  1. Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(A)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(B)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

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10 When I wept and humbled[a] my soul with fasting,
    it became my reproach.
11 When I made (A)sackcloth my clothing,
    I became (B)a byword to them.

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  1. Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled

10 When I weep and fast,(A)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(B)
    people make sport of me.

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25 Did not I (A)weep for him whose day was hard?
    Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

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25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(A)
    Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(B)

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13 And if the house is (A)worthy, let (B)your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let (C)your peace return to you.

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13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.

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44 But I say to you, (A)Love your enemies and (B)pray for those who persecute you,

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44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,(A)

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And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, (A)it will return to you.

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If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.

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14 (A)Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 (B)Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

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14 Bless those who persecute you;(A) bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.(B)

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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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  1. Matthew 9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often

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)

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(A)Is such the fast that I choose,
    (B)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?

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Is this the kind of fast(A) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble(B) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(C)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(D)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

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(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.

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  1. Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business

‘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.

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27 And when Ahab heard those words, he (A)tore his clothes and (B)put sackcloth on his flesh and (C)fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; (D)but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

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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)

28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: 29 “Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled(C) himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day,(D) but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son.”(E)

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31 (A)It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall (B)afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

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31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves;(A) it is a lasting ordinance.(B)

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29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that (A)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall (B)afflict yourselves[a] and shall do no work, either (C)the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

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  1. Leviticus 16:29 Or shall fast; also verse 31

29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(A) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month(B) you must deny yourselves[a](C) and not do any work(D)—whether native-born(E) or a foreigner residing among you—

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  1. Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31