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, having received it, they murmured against the householder,
Luke 15:29
But he, answering, said to his father, 'Behold, so many years do I serve you; and, at no time, did I transgress a command of yours; and you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 18:9
And He spake also this parable to some who had trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest:
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Matthew 18:28
But, going forth, that servant found one of his fellow-servants, who was owing him a hundred denaries; and, having laid hold of him, he was choking him, saying, 'Pay, if you are owing anything!'
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James 1:7
For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;