But the days will come when the bridegroom must indeed be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.

And they said to Him, Wherefore do the disciples of John fast, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but thy disciples eat and drink?

And He said to them, Whether are you able to make the sons of the bridechamber to fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

I fast twice per week; I give tithes of all things so many as I possess.