11 Bible Verses about lent

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.

"Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"

It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.

But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face,

"Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.

To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away.

"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest.

tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.

But go and learn what this means, 'It is mercy that I desire, not sacrifice'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

"Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free and forgave him the debt.