"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

Then came to Him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Thy disciples fast not?"

Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn while the Bridegroom is with them! But there will come days, when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast."

"The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man?? king??ho made a marriage feast for his son.

And he sent forth his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast, and they were not willing to come.

"Again he sent forth other servants, saying, 'Say to those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and fatlings have been slain, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.'

Then he says to his servants, 'The marriage feast, indeed is ready; but those who had been invited were not worthy;

go, therefore, to the outlets of the highways; and as many as ye find, invite to the marriage feast.'

And, while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the ready ones went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest an uproar might arise among the people."

And at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired;

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not?"

And Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast;

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

Now after two days was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the high priests and the scribes were seeking how, taking Him by guile, they might kill Him;

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

Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

because of the tender compassions of the mercy of our God, wherein the day-spring from on high shall visit us,

And they said to Him, "The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but Thine are eating and drinking!"

And Jesus said to them, "Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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

And fear seized on all; and they were glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet was raised up among us," and "God did visit His people."

"And that in the good ground, these are such as, in a good and honest heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with patience.

In the meantime, the vast multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread one upon another, He began to say to His disciples, first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

and yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him.

"When you are bidden by any one to a marriage feast, sit not on the first seat, lest possibly a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

but, when you make a feast, call the poor, maimed, lame, blind;

I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.'

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near;

And He saith to them, "Draw out now, and bear to the ruler of the feast." And they bore it.

When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calls the bridegroom,

And, when He was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on His name, beholding His signs which He was doing.

When, therefore, He came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received Him, having seen all that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast.

After these things 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 feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

Go ye up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because My time has not yet been fulfilled."

But, when His brethren went up to the feast, then He also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.

The Jews, therefore, were seeking Him at the feast, and said, "Where is He?"

But, it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and was teaching.

Now, on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood, and cried, saying, "If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink.

Then occurred the feast of dedication in Jerusalem; and it was winter;

They were, therefore, seeking for Jesus, and were saying one with another, while standing in the temple, "What think ye? That He will not come to the feast?"

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

And there were some Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.

Now, before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour came that He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

for some thought, because Judas had the money-bag, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

But, when his fortieth year was being completed, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

And, after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Turning about, let us visit the brethren in every city, in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing."

who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And much time having been spent, and sailing being already dangerous, because also the fast had already gone by, Paul was admonishing them,

But, falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the prow, sticking fast, remained immovable, but the stern was being broken to pieces 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 sincerity and truth.

If one of the unbelieving invites you to a feast, and ye wish to go, whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no question because of conscience.

Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

through which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you, unless ye believed in vain.

Watch, stand fast in the faith; be men; be strong.

For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Only demean yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the Gospel;

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

Let no one, therefore, judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new moon, or sabbaths,

and not holding fast the Head from Whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

because now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

but prove all things, hold fast that which is good.

So, then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the instructions which ye were taught, whether through speech, or through letter of ours.

holding fast the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the healthful doctrine, and to convict those who contradict.

but Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

for we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

Having, therefore, a great High Priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

let us hold fast the confession of the hope without wavering (for faithful is He Who promised);

A religion, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

"I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

nevertheless, that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

I am coming speedily; hold fast that which you have, that no one take your crown.