Bible verses about "lent" | Haweis

¹⁵ And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber weep, whilst the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

³ I tell you, No: for except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

¹ NOW before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end. ² And supper being served, (the devil having now injected into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that he should betray him;) ³ Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God, and was going to God; ⁴ he rises from supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he wound it about himself. ⁵ Then he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was begirt. ⁶ Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and he saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. ⁸ Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet: no, never. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. ⁹ Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰ Jesus saith to him, He that is washed hath need only to wash his feet, for he is entirely clean: and ye are clean, but not all. ¹¹ (For he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, Ye are not all clean.) ¹² When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? ¹³ Ye call me Master, and Lord: and ye speak truly; for such I am. ¹⁴ If therefore I have washed your feet, though the Lord and the Master; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that just as I have done to you, ye should do also. ¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor the messenger greater than him that sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye practise them.

⁹ and made no difference betwixt either us or them, purifying their hearts by faith.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹⁵ and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draweth nigh: repent, and believe the gospel.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal.

⁶ Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season:

¹⁶ Let no man therefore judge you concerning what you eat, or what you drink, or the observance of a feast, or new moon, or the sabbaths; ¹⁷ which are [merely] shadows of things to come: but the body is Christ's.

¹ NOW the Spirit speaketh expresly, that in the latter days some will apostatise from the faith, giving heed to spirits of delusion, and doctrines of devils; ² men who teach lies with hypocrisy; and have their own consciences cauterised; ³ prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge the truth. ⁴ For every creature of God is good, and none to be rejected, if used with thanksgiving: ⁵ for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

¹ THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. ² And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry. ³ And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves. ⁴ But he answering said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." ⁵ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple, ⁶ and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." ⁷ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." ⁸ Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; ⁹ and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me. ¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Avaunt Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him only thou pay divine adoration." ¹¹ Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him. ¹² But when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he retired into Galilee; ¹³ and leaving Nazareth, he came and resided at Capernaum, a maritime city, on the confines of Zebulun and Nephthali: ¹⁴ that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying, ¹⁵ "The land of Zabulun, and the land of Naphthali, the road to the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; ¹⁶ the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death, even on them hath the light arisen." ¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is approaching. ¹⁸ And as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰ Then immediately quitting their nets they followed him. ²¹ And going on from thence, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²² Then they instantly quitting the ship and their father, followed him. ²³ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people. ²⁴ And there went out a report of him into all Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them. ²⁵ And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

¹ TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ² Therefore when thou givest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They receive their reward. ³ But when thou givest alms, let not thy right hand know what thy left is doing: ⁴ that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly. ⁵ And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. ⁶ But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and shut thy door, to pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. ⁷ And when thou art at prayer, use not vain repetitions, like the heathen: for they imagine that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ⁸ Be not ye therefore like them: for your Father knoweth of what things ye have need, before you ask him. ⁹ Thus then pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³ And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen! ¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: ¹⁵ but if ye forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences. ¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. ¹⁷ But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. ¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal: ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor canker spoil, and where thieves do not dig through and steal; ²¹ for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²² The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be enlightened. ²³ But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! ²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will adhere to the one, and disregard the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁸ And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin: ²⁹ yet I tell you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. ³⁰ If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, [in beauty], and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Wherefore be under no anxiety, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? ³² (for after all these things the heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of them all. ³³ But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over. ³⁴ Be not therefore anxious about to-morrow: for tomorrow will provide for its own wants. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward. ¹⁷ But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.