Bible Cross References
Proclaim a fast
Genesis 34:13-17
13
Because Shechem had disgraced their sister Dinah, Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor in a deceitful way.
14
They said to him, "We cannot let our sister marry a man who is not circumcised; that would be a disgrace for us.
15
We can agree only on the condition that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
16
Then we will agree to intermarriage. We will settle among you and become one people with you.
17
But if you will not accept our terms and be circumcised, we will take her and leave."
Isaiah 58:4
Your fasting makes you violent, and you quarrel and fight. Do you think this kind of fasting will make me listen to your prayers?
Matthew 2:8
Then he sent them to Bethlehem with these instructions: "Go and make a careful search for the child; and when you find him, let me know, so that I too may go and worship him."
Matthew 23:14
Luke 20:47
who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!"
John 18:28
Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal.