Fasting

Jesus's own teaching on fasting in secret, and its place in the earliest church.

Matt 6:16-18

16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

See also: Isaiah 58:3-5, Matthew 9:14-15

17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

See also: Ruth 3:3, Ecclesiastes 9:8

18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

See also: Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:4

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Matt 4:2

2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

See also: Deuteronomy 9:18, Exodus 34:28

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Joel 2:12

12Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

See also: Jeremiah 29:13, 1 Samuel 7:3

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Acts 13:2-3

2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

See also: John 14:26, Acts 20:28

3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

See also: Acts 6:6, Luke 2:37

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