"And when you fast, do not look gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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

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

And Jesus said to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as he is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Go therefore to the highways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'

When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people."

Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus said to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

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

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him.

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people."

Now at the feast he was accustomed to release for them one prisoner whom they requested.

through the tender mercy of our God, with which the sunrise from on high will visit us;

His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

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

And when the feast was over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

Then Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.

They said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink."

And Jesus said to them, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

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

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him;

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

I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.'

Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.

He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it.

When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did.

So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast.

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come."

But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but in secret.

The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?"

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

On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,

They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"

The next day a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast.

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast"; or, that he should give something to the poor.

At the second visit Josnt made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."

As much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

But striking a sandbar they ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, and the stern was broken up by the pounding of the surf.

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only by faith. So do not be proud, but stand in awe.

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

I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.

1 So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;

But test everything; hold fast to what is good.

but Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Since then 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 confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;

Religion that is pure and undefiled in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

With the help of Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

These are the men who are blemishes in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

only hold fast what you have until I come.

I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.