Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Have we fasted
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Bible References
Have we fasted
Matthew 20:11
And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,
Luke 15:29
But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have been serving you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 18:9
Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
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Matthew 18:28
But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe.'
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James 1:7
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,