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# fast, fasts, fasted, fasting, fastings #
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## Definition: ##
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The term "to fast" means to stop eating food for a period of time, such as for a day or more. Sometimes it also includes not drinking.
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* Fasting can help people to focus on God and pray without being distracted by preparing food and eating.
* Jesus condemned the Jewish religious leaders for fasting for the wrong reasons. They fasted so that others would think they were righteous.
* Sometimes people fast because they are very sad or grieved about something.
* The verb "to fast" can also be translated as "to refrain from eating" or "to not eat."
* The noun "fast" could be translated as "time of not eating" or "time of abstaining from food."
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(See also: [Jewish leaders](../other/jewishleaders.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Kings 21:8-10](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/21/08)
* [2 Chronicles 20:3-4](rc://en/tn/help/2ch/20/03)
* [Acts 13:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/act/13/01)
* [Jonah 03:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/jon/03/04)
* [Luke 05:33-35](rc://en/tn/help/luk/05/33)
* [Mark 02:18-19](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/02/18)
* [Matthew 06:16-18](rc://en/tn/help/mat/06/16)
* [Matthew 09:14-15](rc://en/tn/help/mat/09/14)
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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* __[25:01](rc://en/tn/help/obs/25/01)__ Immediately after Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit led him out into the wilderness, where he __fasted__ for forty days and forty nights.
* __[34:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/34/08)__ "'For example, I __fast__ two times every week and I give you ten percent of all the money and goods that I receive.'"
* __[46:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/46/10)__ One day, while the Christians at Antioch were __fasting__ and praying, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul to do the work I have called them to do."
## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H2908, H5144, H6684, H6685, G777, G3521, G3522, G3523