And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

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

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not?

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will they fast.

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;

and sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast; and they refused to come.

Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

Then he said to his servants: The marriage feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Go, therefore, to the cross-ways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.

I was a stranger, and you took me not to your houses; naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.

But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

He that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying: The one that I shall kiss is he; hold him fast.

Jesus said to him: Friend, for what purpose have you come? Then they came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast.

Now at the feast, the governor was in the habit of releasing to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose.

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were in the habit of fasting; and they came, and said to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not?

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast.

But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.

After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.

But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.

Now it was his custom to release to them, at the feast, one prisoner, whomever they desired.

And his parents went up every year to Jerusalem, at the feast of passover.

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast.

And Levi made him a great feast at his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others, who reclined at table with them.

And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

And he said to them: Can you make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them; then shall they fast in those days.

And it came to pass, on the first sabbath after the second day of the feast, that he was going through the fields of grain; and his disciples pulled the ears and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was at hand.

For it was necessary that he should release to them one at the feast.

And he said to them: Draw out now, and carry it to the governor of the feast. And they carried it.

When the governor of the feast had tasted the water that had been made wine, (and he knew not whence it was, but the servants that had drawn the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and said to him:

And while he was in Jerusalem, during the feast of passover, many believed on his name, because they saw the signs that he did.

Therefore, when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, because they had seen all things that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast; for they them selves had gone to the feast.

After this was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Now the feast of tabernacles, a feast of the Jews, was near.

Do you go up to this feast. I go not up now to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.

But when his brothers had gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret.

Then the Jews sought for him at the feast, and said: Where is he?

Now in the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

And the feast of the dedication was celebrated in Jerusalem, and it was winter:

Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple: What think you, that he will not come to the feast?

On the next day, a great multitude that had come to the feast, having heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

Among those who came to worship at the feast were certain Greeks.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come that he must go out of this world to his Father; and having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them to the end.

For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

and, on their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph were made known to Pharaoh.

When he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

Simeon has declared how God, at the first, did visit the Gentiles, in order to take out from among them a people for his name.

And, after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, let us return, and visit our brethren in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

And having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

but took leave of them, saying: I must, by all means, keep this coming feast in Jerusalem: but I will return to you, if God be willing. And he sailed from Ephesus,

But, after much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous, for the fast was already past, Paul admonished them,

And falling into a place where two cur rents met, they ran the ship aground, and the prow stuck fast, and remained immovable; but the stern was broken by the violence of the waves.

Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of purity and truth.

If any one of the unbelievers invites you to a feast, and you are disposed to go, eat any thing that is set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake.

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

Be watchful, stand fast in the faith, be men, be resolute.

Stand firm, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and be not held fast again in the yoke of bondage.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Christ, that, whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

So, then, my brethren, beloved and ardently desired, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.

Let no one judge you, therefore, in meat or in drink, or in respect to a feast, or the new moon, or sabbaths,

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard from me, in faithfulness and in love which is in Christ Jesus.

holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.

But one in a certain place testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him; or the son of man, that thou dost visit him?

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

let us hold fast the unwavering confession of our hope, for he is faithful who has promised;

Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

I know your works, and where you dwell, even where the throne of Satan is: and yet you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

but what you have, hold fast till I come.

I come quickly: hold fast that which you have, that no one take your crown.

After these things, I heard the great voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying: Alleluia; Salvation and glory and honor and power to our God: