Pro 20:6, Mat 6:16, 11:18-19, Mar 2:18-22, Luk 5:33-39, 18:9-12 | ESV | STEP | Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love , but a faithful man who can find ?

Proverbs 20:6

6 Many a man ^aproclaims his own steadfast love,
but ^ba faithful man who can find?

Matthew 6:16

Fasting

16 “And ^cwhen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ^dTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 11:18-19

18 For John came ^eneither eating ^fnor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came ^geating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^ha friend of ⁱtax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)}

Mark 2:18-22

A Question About Fasting

18 Now ^kJohn’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, ^l“Why do John’s disciples and ^mthe disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, ⁿ“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 ^oThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^pthen they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old ^qwineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit But new wine is for fresh wineskins}

Luke 5:33-39

A Question About Fasting

33 And they said to him, ^s“The disciples of John ^tfast often and ^uoffer prayers, ^vand so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, ^w“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 ^xThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^ythen they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old ^zwineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts better}

Luke 18:9-12

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some ^abwho trusted ^acin themselves that they were righteous, ^adand treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men ^aewent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, ^afstanding by himself, prayed ^{▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself} ^ahthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 ^aiI fast twice a week; ^ajI give tithes of all that I get.’