Bible verses about "lent" | Murdock

¹⁵ Jesus said to them: Can the children of the nuptial chamber fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

³ No. And I say to you, That all of you also, unless ye repent, will likewise perish.

¹ And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour had come when he should depart from this world unto the Father. And he loved his own people, who were in the world; and he loved them unto the end. ² And when the supper was passed, it had been injected by Satan into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him. ³ And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands; and that he came out from the Father, and was going to God; ⁴ arose from the supper, and laid aside his long garments, and took a linen cloth, and wrapped it about his loins; ⁵ and poured water into a wash-basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples: and he wiped them with the linen cloth with which he had girded his loins. ⁶ And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said to him: Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me? ⁷ Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do, thou understandest not now: but hereafter thou wilt understand. ⁸ Simon Cephas said to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus said to him: Unless I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. ⁹ Simon Cephas said to him: Then, my Lord, not my feet only shalt thou wash, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰ Jesus said to him: He that hath bathed, needeth not but to wash his feet; for he is all clean. And ye also are clean; but not all of you. ¹¹ For Jesus knew, who would betray him: therefore he said, Ye are not all clean. ¹² And when he had washed their feet, he resumed his long garments, and reclined. And he said to them: Understand ye what I have done to you? ¹³ Ye call me, Our Rabbi, and Our Lord; and ye speak well; for I am so. ¹⁴ If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another? ¹⁵ For I have given you this example, that ye might do, as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say to you, That no servant is greater than his lord; and no legate is greater than he who sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy will ye be if ye do them.

⁹ And he made no distinction between them and us; because he purified their hearts by faith.

³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life,

¹⁵ and said: The time is completed, and the kingdom of God is near. Repent ye, and believe the tidings.

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

⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the powerful hand of God: and it will exalt you in due time.

¹⁶ Let no one therefore disquiet you about food and drink, or about the distinctions of festivals, and new moons, and sabbaths; ¹⁷ which were shadows of the things then future; but the body is the Messiah.

¹ But the Spirit saith explicitly, that in the latter times, some will depart from the faith; and will go after deceptive spirits, and after the doctrine of demons. ² These will seduce, by a false appearance; and will utter a lie, and will be seared in their conscience; ³ and will forbid to marry; and will require abstinence from meats, which God hath created for use and for thankfulness, by them who believe and know the truth. ⁴ Because whatever is created by God is good; and there is nothing which should be rejected if it be received with thankfulness; ⁵ for it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

¹ Then was Jesus led by the Holy Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the Calumniator ² And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he hungered. ³ And the Tempter came, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. ⁴ But he replied, and said: It is written, that not by bread only, doth man live; but by every word proceeding from the mouth of God. ⁵ Then the Calumniator took him to the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, that he will give his angels charge of thee, and in their hands will they sustain thee, lest thou strike thy foot against a stone. ⁷ Jesus said to him: It is moreover written, that thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ⁸ Again the Calumniator took him to a mountain that was very high, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; ⁹ and said to him: All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him: Begone, Satan; for it is written, that thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God; and him only shalt thou serve. ¹¹ Then the Calumniator left him: and lo, angels came, and ministered to him. ¹² And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired to Galilee. ¹³ And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum, by the side of the sea, on the confines of Zebulon and Naphthali. ¹⁴ That so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, who said: ¹⁵ The land of Zebulon, the land of Naphthali, the way of the sea, the ford of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; ¹⁶ the people that sat in darkness, have seen great light; and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is arisen. ¹⁷ From that time began Jesus to proclaim and say: Repent; for the kingdom of heaven hath approached. ¹⁸ And as he walked on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, who were casting nets into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them: Follow me; and I will cause you to become fishers of men. ²⁰ And immediately, they left their nets, and went after him. ²¹ And as he passed on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, who were mending their nets. And Jesus called them. ²² And they immediately left the ship and their father, and went after him. ²³ And Jesus traveled over all Galilee. and he taught in their synagogues and proclaimed the tidings of the kingdom; and he cured every disease and malady among the people. ²⁴ And his fame spread through all Syria. And they brought to him all them that were very sick with diverse diseases, and them that were afflicted with pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics and paralytics; and he healed them. ²⁵ And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond the Jordan.

¹ Be cautious in your alms-giving, not to perform it before men, so that ye may be seen of them: otherwise, ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ² Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward. ³ But thou, when doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ that thy alms may be in secret. And thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly. ⁵ And when thou prayest. thou shalt not be like the hypocrites, who are fond of standing up in the synagogues and at the corners of streets to pray, so that they may be seen by people. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest enter into thy closet and close the door, and pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly. ⁷ And when ye pray, be not garrulous like the heathen; for they expect to be heard for their abundance of words. ⁸ Therefore, be not like them; for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before ye ask him. ⁹ In this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done; as in heaven, so on earth: ¹¹ Give us our needful bread, this day: ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: ¹³ And bring 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 faults, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if ye shall not forgive men, your Father also forgiveth not you your faults. ¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. ¹⁷ But, when thou fastest, wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head: ¹⁸ that thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee. ¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal. ²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where no moth and no rust can spoil, and no thieves dig through nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be. ²² The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thy eye shall be sound, thy whole body will be luminous. ²³ But if thy eye shall be diseased, thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness! ²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Therefore I say to you: Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink; nor about your body, how ye shall clothe yourselves. Is not the life more important than food, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Look at the birds of heaven; which sow not, and reap not, and gather not into storehouses, but your Father who is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye more important than they? ²⁷ And who of you that shall be anxious, can add to his stature a cubit? ²⁸ And about raiment, why are ye anxious? Consider the lilies of the desert, in what manner they grow. They toil not; and they spin not. ²⁹ Yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory, was arrayed like one of them. ³⁰ And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which exists to-day, and tomorrow falls into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, ye small in faith? ³¹ Therefore be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink; or wherewith be clothed? ³² For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you. ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore be not anxious about the morrow: for the morrow hath its own anxieties. Sufficient for the day, is its own evil.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. ¹⁷ But, when thou fastest, wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head: ¹⁸ that thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee.