And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisee fast, but thy disciples do not fast?

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bride-chamber are not able to fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them. But the day will come, when the bride-groom must be taken from them, and then they will fast.

But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

And the one having betrayed Him gave them a sign, saying, The one whom I shall kiss, is He: hold Him fast.

And the governor during the feast was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they wished.

The disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to Him; Wherefore do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?

And Jesus said to them, Whether are the sons of the bride-chamber able to fast while the bridegroom is with them? So long a time as they have with them the bridegroom they are not able to fast.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom must be taken from them, and then they will fast in that day.

And it being a high day, when Herod on his birthday made a feast to his mighty men, and chiliarchs, and the first men of Galilee;

And it was the passover and feast of unleavened bread after two days. And the high priests and scribes were seeking how they might kill Him, having taken Him by stratagem.

For they said, Not at the feast, lest there shall be an uproar of the people.

But during the feast he was accustomed to release unto them one prisoner, whom they asked,

And His parents were going, according to custom, into Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

And when He was twelve years old, they going up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were sitting along with Him.

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?

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

and be you like unto men waiting for their lord, when he may rise up from the marriage feast; in order that, coming and knocking, they may open unto him immediately.

When you may be called by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down upon the first couch; lest one more worthy than thee may have been called by him,

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

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

And the feast of the unleavened bread, called the passover, was nigh.

And He says to them, Now draw out and carry to the chief ruler of the feast,

and they brought it to him. And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water, having been made wine, and did not know whence it is (but the servants having drawn the water knew), the ruler calls the groom,

And when He was in Jerusalem at the feast, during the passover, many believed on His name, seeing His miracles which He was doing;

And when He came into Galilee, Galileans received Him, having seen all things which He did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also came to the feast.

After these things was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up into Jerusalem.

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

And the feast of the Jews, tabernacles, was nigh.

You go up to the feast: I do not go to this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.

And when His brothers went up to the feast, then Himself also went up, not openly, but in secret.

Then the Jews were seeking Him at the feast, and saying, Where is He?

But the feast already being midway, Jesus came up into the temple, and was teaching.

And on the last great day of the feast, Jesus stood and continued to cry out, saying, If any one thirst, let him come and drink.

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

Then they were seeking Jesus, and standing in the temple, they were saying one with another, What seems to you; that He may not come to the feast?

On the following day a great multitude having come to the feast, hearing that Jesus comes into Jerusalem,

And there was certain Greeks of those having come up that they might worship at the feast:

And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that the hour has come when He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own who were in the world, with divine love, He loved them perfectly.

And when the time of the fortieth year was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

And after many days Paul said to Barnabas, Having returned let us now visit the brethren in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, how they are doing.

And much time passing away, and navigation being already unsafe, because the Fast had already passed by, Paul exhorted them,

And having fallen into a place where two seas met, they broke the ship, and indeed the prow, sticking fast, remained motionless, but the stern was torn off by the violence (of the wind).

So let us feast, not on the old leaven, nor on the leaven of sin and iniquity, but on the unleavened bread of purity and truth.

But I praise you because you remember me in all things, and hold fast the commandments, as I delivered them unto you.

by which you are also saved; which word I preached to you, if you hold it fast, otherwise you believed in vain.

So, my beloved and longed for brethren, my joy and my crown, stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

Therefore let no one judge you in meat, or in drink, or in the participation of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath:

but prove all things; and hold fast to the beautiful;

Then therefore, brethren, stand, and hold fast the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle:

Hold fast the form of sound words which you heard with me, in the faith and divine love which is in Christ Jesus:

but Christ was as a son, over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the boldness and rejoicing of hope firm unto the end.

for we have been made partakers of Christ, if indeed we may hold fast the beginning of confidence firm unto the end.

Therefore having a great high priest, having entered into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the testimony.

and washed as to our body with purifying water: let us hold fast the testimony of hope steadfast; for the one having promised is faithful;

I know where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is: and you are holding fast my name, and did not deny my faith, in the days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

Moreover hold fast that which you have, until I shall come.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.

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

After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a vast multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation, and glary, and power, belong to our God: