As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them; then they will fast, on that day.

hold fast the word of life, so that I can be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because I have not run or worked for nothing.

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"

When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they look woebegone to let men see they are fasting; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

(Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

Twice a week I fast; on all my income I pay tithes.'

In the window sat a young man called Eutychus, and as Paul's address went on and on, he got overcome with drowsiness, went fast asleep, and fell from the third storey. He was picked up a corpse,

They said to him, "The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, as do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your adherents eat and drink."

Jesus said to them, "Can you make friends at a wedding fast while the bride groom is beside them?

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast at that time."

By this time it was far on in the season and sailing had become dangerous (for the autumn Fast was past), so Paul warned them thus:

Striking a reef, they drove the ship aground; the prow jammed fast, but the stern began to break up under the beating of the waves.

As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

so that your fast may be seen not by men but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession;

and having been a widow for eighty-four years. She was never away from the temple; night and day she worshipped, fasting and praying.