The days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: then shall they fast in those days."

Then they said unto him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and pray: and the disciples of the Pharisees also: and thine eat and drink?"

And he said unto them, "Can ye make the Children of the wedding fast, as long as the bridegroom is present with them?

I fast twice in the week. I give tithe of all that I possess.'

Let it stick therefore fast in your hearts, not once to study before, what ye shall answer for yourselves:

And she had been a widow about four score and four years of age, which went never out of the temple, but served God there with fasting and prayer night and day.