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Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
When
Bible References
When
Matthew 9:14
Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisee fast, but thy disciples do not fast?
Luke 2:37
and she a widow of about fourscore years, who did not depart from the temple, worshiping night and day with fastings and prayers.
Acts 10:30
And Cornelius said, From the fourth day until this hour, indeed the ninth, I was praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in shining apparel,
Acts 13:2
And they ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
Acts 14:23
And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not defraud one another, unless it may be with consent for a time, that you may give attention to prayer, and again come together, in order that Satan may not tempt you on account of your incontinency.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labors, in vigils, in fastings;
2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and in toil, in vigils often, in hunger and in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.
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Matthew 6:2
therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
Mark 2:18
The disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to Him; Wherefore do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?
Luke 18:12
I fast twice per week; I give tithes of all things so many as I possess.