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Start Your Morning Strong With a Daily Devotional Bible Verse for Today, June 7, 2024. Kelsey Pelzer. June 6, 2024 at 9:47 PM. Woman outside praying and reading a Bible verse as a daily devotional.
Scripture Reading for Today, June 9, 2024 "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." - Psalm 107:1. Related: 115 Encouraging Bible Verses to Motivate You Throughout the ...
The previous verse stated that, unlike the hypocrites, Jesus' followers should present a clean and normal appearance even when fasting. This verse closely parallels Matthew 6:4 and Matthew 6:6, and as in those verses, the message is that even if your piety is kept secret from those around you, God will still know about it and reward you. [3]
There were three main displays of piety in Jesus' era: alms giving, prayer, and fasting. All three are discussed in Matthew 6, with this verse beginning the discussion of alms giving, though some translations have Matthew 6:1 also reference alms rather than general righteousness. The term translated as "merciful deeds" in the WEB refers ...
Previously this chapter has discussed proper procedure for alms giving and prayer. In this verse Jesus moves on the third important form of Jewish worship: fasting. Fasting was an important part of piety in this period. All Jews were expected to fast on major holidays, such as the Day of Atonement, but some far more often, sometimes twice a ...
The pattern of fasting and praying for forty days is seen in the Bible, on which basis the liturgical season of Lent was established. [26] [27] [28] In the Torah, Moses went into the mountains for forty days and forty nights to pray and fast "without eating bread or drinking water" before receiving the Ten Commandments (cf. Exodus 34:28). [27]