Bible verses about "lent" | Noyes

¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will they fast.

³ I tell you, nay; but unless ye repent, ye will all in like manner perish.

¹ Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them unto the end. ² And supper being served,the Devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him, ³ he, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God, ⁴ riseth from the supper, and layeth aside his garments, and took a towel, and girded himself. ⁵ Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. ⁶ So he cometh to Simon Peter; who saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou wilt know hereafter. ⁸ Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, 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 hath bathed needeth not to wash himself, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all. ¹¹ For he knew who was about to betray him; for this reason he said, Ye are not all clean. ¹² So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and placed himself again at the table, he said to them, Know ye what I have done to you? ¹³ Ye call me the Teacher, and the Lord; and ye say well; for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one anothers feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly do I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord, nor one who is sent greater than he that sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

⁹ and made no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, begot us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹⁵ [saying,] The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the glad tidings.

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

⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

¹⁶ Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feastday, or a new moon, or sabbaths; ¹⁷ which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is Christs.

¹ Now the Spirit saith expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, ² through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience, ³ forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving; ⁵ for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

¹ Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil. ² And when he had tasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. ³ And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread. ⁴ But he answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God." ⁵ Then the Devil taketh him into the holy city, and setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple; ⁶ and saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone." ⁷ Jesus said to him, Again it is written, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God." ⁸ Again, the Devil taketh him m an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; ⁹ and said to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. ¹⁰ Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." ¹¹ Then the Devil leaveth him; and lo! angels came and ministered to him. ¹² Now when Jesus heard that John had been cast into prison, he withdrew into Galilee. ¹³ And leaving Nazara, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, on the shore of the lake, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; ¹⁴ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁵ "The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the lake beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, ¹⁶ the people that sat in darkness, saw a great light; and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light arose." ¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ¹⁸ And while walking by the lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And he saith to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰ And they immediately left their nets, and followed him. ²¹ And going on from thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²² And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. ²³ And he went round the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ²⁴ And his fame went forth into all Syria; and they brought to him all that were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were possessed by demons, and lunatics, and those who were struck with palsy; and he healed them. ²⁵ And great multitudes followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea, and from beyond the Jordan.

¹ But take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. ² Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward. ³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth; ⁴ that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee. ⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward. ⁶ But do thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee. ⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for the multitude of their words. ⁸ Be not ye therefore like them; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹ After this manner therefore pray ye:Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; ¹⁰ thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; ¹¹ give us this day our daily bread; ¹² and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors; ¹³ and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. ¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; ¹⁵ but if ye do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. ¹⁶ Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward. ¹⁷ But do thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ that thou appear not to men to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee. ¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumeth, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. ²¹ For where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. ²² The eye is the lamp of the body. If thine eye he clear, thy whole body will be in light; ²³ but if thine eye be disordered, thy whole body will be in darkness. If then the light that is within thee is darkness, how great that darkness! ²⁴ No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they? ²⁷ But who of you by anxious thought can add to his life one cubit? ²⁸ And why are ye anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ And if God so clothes the herbage of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we he clothed? ³² For after all these things do the gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will also be given you. ³⁴ Be not then anxious about the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

¹⁶ Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward. ¹⁷ But do thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ that thou appear not to men to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.