Mat 9:15, Act 13:3, 14:23, 1Cor 7:5 | ESV | STEP | And Jesus said to them , Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them ? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them , and then they will fast .

Matthew 9:15

15 And Jesus said to them, ^a“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ^bThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^cthen they will fast.

Acts 13:3

3 Then after fasting and ^dpraying they laid their hands on them and ^esent them off.

Acts 14:23

23 And when they had ^fappointed ^gelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^hthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

5 ⁱDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, ^jso that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.