Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?

And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will they fast.

and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.

Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the feast.

Then saith he to his servants, The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye find, invite to the feast.

But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?

And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will they fast in that day.

(for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, do not eat, holding fast the tradition of the elders;

Laying aside, the commandment of God, ye hold fast the tradition of men.

And two days after was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by craft, and put him to death.

For they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when they used to kill the passover, his disciples say to him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready for thee to eat the passover?

Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they might ask.

Now his parents used to go yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

And when he was twelve years old, and they went up, after the custom of the feast,

And Levi made a great feast for him at his house, and there was a great company of publicans and others, who were reclining at table with them.

And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

But Jesus said to them, Can ye make the companions of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will comeand when the bridegroom is taken from them, then will they fast in those days.

But the seeds on the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, when they have heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with constancy.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I gain.

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was drawing near;

Now it was necessary for him to release to them one at the feast.

And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the feast.

And they had no wine, because the wine of the feast had failed. Then the mother of Jesus saith to him, There is no wine.

And he saith to them, Draw out now, and bear it to the master of the feast. And they bore it.

But when the master of the feast tasted the water that had been made wine, not knowing whence it was, but the servants who drew the water knew, he called the bridegroom

And when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, at the feast, many believed in his name, when they saw his signs which he wrought.

When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast.

After these things there was the feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?

But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

On the last day, which is the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me, and drink.

And the feast of the dedication came at Jerusalem. It was winter;

They sought therefore for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye? that he will not come to the feast?

On the next day, a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them unto the end.

For some thought, because Judas kept the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.

And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomons greatly wondering.

And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

And some days after, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit the brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are.

who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And much time having been spent, and the voyage being now dangerous, because the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

And falling into a place having the sea on both sides, they ran the ship aground; and the prow stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the stern was breaking to pieces with the violence [of the waves].

So then let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

And if one who is an unbeliever inviteth you to a feast, and ye choose to go, eat whatever is set before you, without asking any questions for the sake of conscience.

Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and hold fast the instructions, as I delivered them to you.

by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the same word which I preached to you, unless ye believed in vain.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong;

But I determined this with myself, that my next visit to you should not be in sorrow.

Stand firm in the liberty with which Christ made us free, and be not again bound fast to the yoke of bondage.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feastday, or a new moon, or sabbaths;

and not holding fast the Head, from which the whole body, supported and compacted by means of the joints and ligaments, groweth with an increase wrought by God.

for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

but prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the traditions which ye were taught by us, whether by word, or by our letter.

holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught, that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.

but Christ as a son over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and joyousness of our hope.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast our first confidence firm to the end.

Since, then, we have a great highpriest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

let us hold fast the profession of our hope without wavering, for he is faithful who promised;

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ones self unspotted from the world.

receiving the wages of unrighteousness. Counting it pleasure to riot in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits while they feast with you,

I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my witness, my faithful one, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

but that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no one may take thy crown.

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and without, sealed fast with seven seals.