Quotes About Reflection

by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ëWhen you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ëWhat have we spoken against You?í

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

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

“Do not judge, or you will be judged.

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Then it says, ëI will return to the house I left.í On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”

About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ëWhy have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?í he asked.

Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”

At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.