And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.

Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth

“Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

so that your fasting will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

The Question about Fasting

Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast, on that day.

and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.

And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the attendants of the groom fast while the groom is with them, can you?

But the days will come; and when the groom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first;

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”

Then, when they had fasted, prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul started admonishing them,

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.