Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, And an acceptable day to the Lord?
The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.