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Matthew 6:16 (NIV)

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

Matthew 6:17 (NIV)

But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

Matthew 6:18 (NIV)

so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Isaiah 58:6 (NIV)

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

Isaiah 58:7 (NIV)

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Psalms 51:7 (NIV)

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Psalms 51:8 (NIV)

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Psalms 51:10 (NIV)

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalms 51:12 (NIV)

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psalms 51:17 (NIV)

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

Joel 2:13 (NIV)

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

Matthew 4:1 (NIV)

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”

Matthew 4:10 (NIV)

Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ ”

Matthew 4:2 (NIV)

After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Matthew 4:3 (NIV)

The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Matthew 4:4 (NIV)

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

Matthew 4:5 (NIV)

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

Matthew 4:7 (NIV)

Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

Matthew 4:8 (NIV)

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

Matthew 4:9 (NIV)

“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

Matthew 4:11 (NIV)

Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

Psalms 51:1 (NIV)

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 51:2 (NIV)

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Isaiah 58:8 (NIV)

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.