Zechariah 7:5 “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the p...

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New International Reader's Version - “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me?
新标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
当代译本 - “你要对境内的民众和祭司说，‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀伤，难道真的是为了我吗？
圣经新译本 - “你要告诉这地的人民和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食哀哭，岂是真的为我禁食呢？
中文标准译本 - “你要对这地所有的民众和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的为我禁食吗？
现代标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本（拼音版） - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
New International Version - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?
English Standard Version - “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
New Living Translation - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?
Christian Standard Bible - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
New American Standard Bible - “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
New King James Version - “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me—for Me?
Amplified Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
American Standard Version - Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
King James Version - Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
New English Translation - “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?
World English Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
新標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司，說：『你們這七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
當代譯本 - 「你要對境內的民眾和祭司說，『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀傷，難道真的是為了我嗎？
聖經新譯本 - “你要告訴這地的人民和祭司說：‘這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食哀哭，豈是真的為我禁食呢？
呂振中譯本 - 『你要告訴國中的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月間和七月間禁食和舉哀，哪裏真是向我而禁食呢？
中文標準譯本 - 「你要對這地所有的民眾和祭司說：『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的為我禁食嗎？
現代標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
文理和合譯本 - 其告斯土之民、及諸祭司曰、爾於五月七月、禁食哭泣、歷七十年、豈為我禁食乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 云、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當告國民與祭司曰、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我禁食乎、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Dile a todo el pueblo de la tierra, y también a los sacerdotes: “Cuando ustedes ayunaban y se lamentaban en los meses quinto y séptimo de los últimos setenta años, ¿realmente ayunaban por mí?
현대인의 성경 - “너는 이 땅의 모든 백성들과 제사장들에게 나 여호와가 이렇게 말한다고 일러 주어라. ‘너희가 지난 70년 동안 5월과 7월에 금식하며 슬퍼하였는데 그 금식이 진정으로 나를 위한 것이었느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священников: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце, то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Parle à toute la population du pays et aux prêtres et demande-leur : Quand, pendant soixante-dix années, vous avez jeûné et pris le deuil au cinquième et au septième mois , est-ce pour moi que vous avez observé ce jeûne ?
リビングバイブル - 「ベテルに帰ったら、全住民と祭司たちに言いなさい。『捕囚の七十年間、あなたがたは第五の月と第七の月に断食して嘆いたが、本気で罪から離れてわたしに帰ろうとしたか。全く、そんなことはなかった。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Pergunte a todo o povo e aos sacerdotes: Quando vocês jejuaram no quinto e no sétimo meses durante os últimos setenta anos, foi de fato para mim que jejuaram?
Hoffnung für alle - »Sag dem ganzen Volk im Land und den Priestern: Schon siebzig Jahre lang fastet und trauert ihr im 5. und im 7. Monat. Doch habt ihr das wirklich für mich getan?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Hãy nói với mọi người và các thầy tế lễ như sau: ‘Khi các ngươi kiêng ăn, khóc lóc vào tháng năm, tháng bảy, trong suốt bảy mươi năm, có phải các ngươi thật sự vì Ta mà kiêng ăn không?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “จงถามประชาชนทั้งปวงและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า ‘ตลอดเจ็ดสิบปีมานี้ เมื่อเจ้าถืออดอาหารและทูลอ้อนวอนในเดือนที่ห้าและในเดือนที่เจ็ดนั้น เจ้าถืออดอาหารเพื่อเราจริงหรือ?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “จงบอกประชาชนทั้งปวงของแผ่นดินและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า เวลาพวกเจ้าอดอาหารและครวญคร่ำร่ำไห้ในเดือนห้าและเดือนเจ็ด ในช่วงเวลา 70 ปีที่ผ่านมานั้น เจ้าอดอาหารเพื่อเราหรือ

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Zechariah 7:6 - And when you were eating and drinking, weren’t you just enjoying good food for yourselves?
Matthew 6:16 - “When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces look very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
Zechariah 8:19 - “You have established special times to go without eating. They are your fasts in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. They will become days of joy. They will be happy times for Judah. It will happen if you take delight in telling the truth and bringing about peace.”
Colossians 3:23 - Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters.
Jeremiah 41:1 - In the seventh month Ishmael came with ten men to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. Ishmael was the son of Nethaniah. Nethaniah was the son of Elishama. Ishmael was a member of the royal family. He had been one of the king’s officers. Ishmael and his ten men were eating together at Mizpah.
Jeremiah 41:2 - They got up and struck down Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, with their swords. They killed him even though the king of Babylon had appointed him as governor over Judah. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan.
Jeremiah 41:3 - Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. And he killed the Babylonian soldiers who were there.
Jeremiah 41:4 - On the next day, people still hadn’t found out that Gedaliah had been murdered.
Matthew 23:5 - “Everything they do is done for others to see. On their foreheads and arms they wear little boxes that hold Scripture verses. They make the boxes very wide. And they make the tassels on their coats very long.
Matthew 5:16 - In the same way, let your light shine so others can see it. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will bring glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:17 - “Do not think I have come to get rid of what is written in the Law or in the Prophets. I have not come to do this. Instead, I have come to fulfill what is written.
Matthew 5:18 - What I’m about to tell you is true. Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter disappears from the Law. Not even the smallest mark of a pen will disappear from the Law until everything is completed.
2 Kings 25:23 - All of Judah’s army officers and their men heard about what had happened. They heard that the king had appointed Gedaliah as governor. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came. So did Johanan, the son of Kareah. Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, also came. And so did Jaazaniah, the son of the Maakathite. All their men came too. Seraiah was from Netophah.
2 Corinthians 5:15 - Christ died for everyone. He died so that those who live should not live for themselves anymore. They should live for Christ. He died for them and was raised again.
Jeremiah 25:11 - This whole country will become dry and empty. And these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
Matthew 6:2 - “When you give to needy people, do not announce it by having trumpets blown. Do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They announce what they do in the synagogues and on the streets. They want to be honored by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
Matthew 6:5 - “When you pray, do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners. They want to be seen by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
1 Corinthians 10:31 - So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.
Isaiah 1:11 - “Do you think I need any more of your sacrifices?” asks the Lord. “I have more than enough of your burnt offerings. I have more than enough of rams and the fat of your fattest animals. I do not find any pleasure in the blood of your bulls, lambs and goats.
Isaiah 1:12 - Who asked you to bring all these animals when you come to worship me? Who asked you and your animals to walk all over my courtyards?
Romans 14:17 - God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking. It is about doing what is right and having peace and joy. All this comes through the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:18 - Those who serve Christ in this way are pleasing to God. They are pleasing to people too.
Romans 14:6 - Whoever thinks that one day is special does so to honor the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to honor the Lord. They give thanks to God. And whoever doesn’t eat meat does so to honor the Lord. They also give thanks to God.
Romans 14:7 - We don’t live for ourselves only. And we don’t die for ourselves only.
Romans 14:8 - If we live, we live to honor the Lord. If we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:9 - Christ died and came back to life. He did this to become the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Zechariah 7:3 - They went to the prophets and priests at the Lord’s temple. They asked them, “Should we mourn and go without eating in the fifth month? That’s what we’ve done for many years.”
Isaiah 58:4 - When you fast, it ends in arguing and fighting. You hit one another with your fists. That is an evil thing to do. The way you are now fasting keeps your prayers from being heard in heaven.
Isaiah 58:5 - Do you think that is the way I want you to fast? Is it only a time for people to make themselves suffer? Is it only for people to bow their heads like tall grass bent by the wind? Is it only for people to lie down in ashes and clothes of mourning? Is that what you call a fast? Do you think I can accept that?
Isaiah 58:6 - “Here is the way I want you to fast. “Set free those who are held by chains without any reason. Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves. Set free those who are crushed. Break every evil chain.
Zechariah 1:12 - Then the angel of the Lord spoke up. He said, “Lord, you rule over all. How long will you keep from showing your tender love to Jerusalem? How long will you keep it from the towns of Judah? You have been angry with them for 70 years.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

New International Reader's Version - “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me?
新标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
当代译本 - “你要对境内的民众和祭司说，‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀伤，难道真的是为了我吗？
圣经新译本 - “你要告诉这地的人民和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食哀哭，岂是真的为我禁食呢？
中文标准译本 - “你要对这地所有的民众和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的为我禁食吗？
现代标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本（拼音版） - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
New International Version - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?
English Standard Version - “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
New Living Translation - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?
Christian Standard Bible - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
New American Standard Bible - “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
New King James Version - “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me—for Me?
Amplified Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
American Standard Version - Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
King James Version - Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
New English Translation - “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?
World English Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
新標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司，說：『你們這七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
當代譯本 - 「你要對境內的民眾和祭司說，『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀傷，難道真的是為了我嗎？
聖經新譯本 - “你要告訴這地的人民和祭司說：‘這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食哀哭，豈是真的為我禁食呢？
呂振中譯本 - 『你要告訴國中的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月間和七月間禁食和舉哀，哪裏真是向我而禁食呢？
中文標準譯本 - 「你要對這地所有的民眾和祭司說：『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的為我禁食嗎？
現代標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
文理和合譯本 - 其告斯土之民、及諸祭司曰、爾於五月七月、禁食哭泣、歷七十年、豈為我禁食乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 云、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當告國民與祭司曰、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我禁食乎、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Dile a todo el pueblo de la tierra, y también a los sacerdotes: “Cuando ustedes ayunaban y se lamentaban en los meses quinto y séptimo de los últimos setenta años, ¿realmente ayunaban por mí?
현대인의 성경 - “너는 이 땅의 모든 백성들과 제사장들에게 나 여호와가 이렇게 말한다고 일러 주어라. ‘너희가 지난 70년 동안 5월과 7월에 금식하며 슬퍼하였는데 그 금식이 진정으로 나를 위한 것이었느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священников: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце, то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Parle à toute la population du pays et aux prêtres et demande-leur : Quand, pendant soixante-dix années, vous avez jeûné et pris le deuil au cinquième et au septième mois , est-ce pour moi que vous avez observé ce jeûne ?
リビングバイブル - 「ベテルに帰ったら、全住民と祭司たちに言いなさい。『捕囚の七十年間、あなたがたは第五の月と第七の月に断食して嘆いたが、本気で罪から離れてわたしに帰ろうとしたか。全く、そんなことはなかった。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Pergunte a todo o povo e aos sacerdotes: Quando vocês jejuaram no quinto e no sétimo meses durante os últimos setenta anos, foi de fato para mim que jejuaram?
Hoffnung für alle - »Sag dem ganzen Volk im Land und den Priestern: Schon siebzig Jahre lang fastet und trauert ihr im 5. und im 7. Monat. Doch habt ihr das wirklich für mich getan?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Hãy nói với mọi người và các thầy tế lễ như sau: ‘Khi các ngươi kiêng ăn, khóc lóc vào tháng năm, tháng bảy, trong suốt bảy mươi năm, có phải các ngươi thật sự vì Ta mà kiêng ăn không?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “จงถามประชาชนทั้งปวงและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า ‘ตลอดเจ็ดสิบปีมานี้ เมื่อเจ้าถืออดอาหารและทูลอ้อนวอนในเดือนที่ห้าและในเดือนที่เจ็ดนั้น เจ้าถืออดอาหารเพื่อเราจริงหรือ?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “จงบอกประชาชนทั้งปวงของแผ่นดินและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า เวลาพวกเจ้าอดอาหารและครวญคร่ำร่ำไห้ในเดือนห้าและเดือนเจ็ด ในช่วงเวลา 70 ปีที่ผ่านมานั้น เจ้าอดอาหารเพื่อเราหรือ

Zechariah 7:6 - And when you were eating and drinking, weren’t you just enjoying good food for yourselves?
Matthew 6:16 - “When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces look very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
Zechariah 8:19 - “You have established special times to go without eating. They are your fasts in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. They will become days of joy. They will be happy times for Judah. It will happen if you take delight in telling the truth and bringing about peace.”
Colossians 3:23 - Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters.
Jeremiah 41:1 - In the seventh month Ishmael came with ten men to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. Ishmael was the son of Nethaniah. Nethaniah was the son of Elishama. Ishmael was a member of the royal family. He had been one of the king’s officers. Ishmael and his ten men were eating together at Mizpah.
Jeremiah 41:2 - They got up and struck down Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, with their swords. They killed him even though the king of Babylon had appointed him as governor over Judah. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan.
Jeremiah 41:3 - Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. And he killed the Babylonian soldiers who were there.
Jeremiah 41:4 - On the next day, people still hadn’t found out that Gedaliah had been murdered.
Matthew 23:5 - “Everything they do is done for others to see. On their foreheads and arms they wear little boxes that hold Scripture verses. They make the boxes very wide. And they make the tassels on their coats very long.
Matthew 5:16 - In the same way, let your light shine so others can see it. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will bring glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:17 - “Do not think I have come to get rid of what is written in the Law or in the Prophets. I have not come to do this. Instead, I have come to fulfill what is written.
Matthew 5:18 - What I’m about to tell you is true. Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter disappears from the Law. Not even the smallest mark of a pen will disappear from the Law until everything is completed.
2 Kings 25:23 - All of Judah’s army officers and their men heard about what had happened. They heard that the king had appointed Gedaliah as governor. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came. So did Johanan, the son of Kareah. Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, also came. And so did Jaazaniah, the son of the Maakathite. All their men came too. Seraiah was from Netophah.
2 Corinthians 5:15 - Christ died for everyone. He died so that those who live should not live for themselves anymore. They should live for Christ. He died for them and was raised again.
Jeremiah 25:11 - This whole country will become dry and empty. And these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
Matthew 6:2 - “When you give to needy people, do not announce it by having trumpets blown. Do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They announce what they do in the synagogues and on the streets. They want to be honored by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
Matthew 6:5 - “When you pray, do not be like those who only pretend to be holy. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners. They want to be seen by other people. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.
1 Corinthians 10:31 - So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.
Isaiah 1:11 - “Do you think I need any more of your sacrifices?” asks the Lord. “I have more than enough of your burnt offerings. I have more than enough of rams and the fat of your fattest animals. I do not find any pleasure in the blood of your bulls, lambs and goats.
Isaiah 1:12 - Who asked you to bring all these animals when you come to worship me? Who asked you and your animals to walk all over my courtyards?
Romans 14:17 - God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking. It is about doing what is right and having peace and joy. All this comes through the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:18 - Those who serve Christ in this way are pleasing to God. They are pleasing to people too.
Romans 14:6 - Whoever thinks that one day is special does so to honor the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to honor the Lord. They give thanks to God. And whoever doesn’t eat meat does so to honor the Lord. They also give thanks to God.
Romans 14:7 - We don’t live for ourselves only. And we don’t die for ourselves only.
Romans 14:8 - If we live, we live to honor the Lord. If we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:9 - Christ died and came back to life. He did this to become the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Zechariah 7:3 - They went to the prophets and priests at the Lord’s temple. They asked them, “Should we mourn and go without eating in the fifth month? That’s what we’ve done for many years.”
Isaiah 58:4 - When you fast, it ends in arguing and fighting. You hit one another with your fists. That is an evil thing to do. The way you are now fasting keeps your prayers from being heard in heaven.
Isaiah 58:5 - Do you think that is the way I want you to fast? Is it only a time for people to make themselves suffer? Is it only for people to bow their heads like tall grass bent by the wind? Is it only for people to lie down in ashes and clothes of mourning? Is that what you call a fast? Do you think I can accept that?
Isaiah 58:6 - “Here is the way I want you to fast. “Set free those who are held by chains without any reason. Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves. Set free those who are crushed. Break every evil chain.
Zechariah 1:12 - Then the angel of the Lord spoke up. He said, “Lord, you rule over all. How long will you keep from showing your tender love to Jerusalem? How long will you keep it from the towns of Judah? You have been angry with them for 70 years.”