But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast."

Then they said to him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink."

So Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.