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.

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.

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?"

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.

He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come.

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

when did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?'

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?"

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.

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

Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee.

by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high,

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."

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.

After that the Lord commissioned other seventy disciples, sending them in front of him two by two to every town and place that he intended to visit himself.

Yes, and people will come from east and west and north and south to their places at the feast within the Realm of God.

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

Now the feast of unleavened bread which is called the passover was near.

Then he said, "Now draw some out, and take it to the manager of the feast." They did so;

and when the manager of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, not knowing where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn it knew), he called the bridegroom

Now a number of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and who witnessed what he had done, believed in him.

But, hearing there was food in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors on their first visit to that country;

at their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's lineage.

When he had completed his fortieth year, it occurred to him to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

Peter moved here and there among them all, and it happened that in the course of his tours he came down to visit the saints who stayed at Lydda.

one of whom, named Agabus, showed by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to visit the whole world (the famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius).

Some days later, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come and let us go back to visit the brothers in every town where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they are doing."

After these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must also visit Rome."

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,

Next day we put in at Sidon, where Julius very kindly allowed Paul to visit his friends and be looked after.

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.

For two full years he remained in his private lodging, welcoming anyone who came to visit him;

But now, as I have no further scope for work in these parts, and as for a number of years I have had a longing to visit you

I mean to visit you after my tour in Macedonia, for I am going to make a tour through Macedonia.

As for our brother Apollos, I urged him to accompany the other brothers on a visit to you; he will come as soon as he has time, but for the present it is not the will of God that he should visit you.

Relying on this I meant to visit you first, to let you have a double delight;

I intended to take you on my way to Macedonia, and to visit you again on my way back from Macedonia, so as to be sped by you on my journey to Judaea.

I decided I would not pay you another painful visit.

Here am I all ready to pay you my third visit. And I will not be a burden to you; I want yourselves and not your money. Children have not to put money by for their parents; that is what parents do for their children.

This will be my third visit to you: every case is to be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

I warned you already, on my second visit, and I warn you now before I come, both you who sinned some time ago and the rest of you as well, that I will spare no one if I come back.

no, although it was because of an illness (you know) that I preached the gospel to you on my former visit,

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.

People tell us of their own accord about the visit we paid to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and a real God

But you remember yourselves, brothers, that our visit to you was no failure.

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;

I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not mean to use ink and paper; I hope to visit you and have a talk with you, so that your joy may be unimpaired.

(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!)