Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 6:16
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Matthew 6:16: Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 26:30 | And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. |
| 2. | Genesis 44:13 | Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. |
| 3. | 1 Samuel 16:7 | But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes] |
| 4. | 2 Samuel 3:35 | And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. |
| 5. | 2 Samuel 12:17 | And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. |
| 6. | Ezra 9:5 | And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, [heaviness: or, affliction] |
| 7. | Nehemiah 1:4 | And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, |
| 8. | Nehemiah 9:1 | Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. |
| 9. | Nehemiah 9:3 | And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God [one] fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. |
| 10. | Nehemiah 12:43 | Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. |
| 11. | Psalms 69:10 | When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. |
| 12. | Isaiah 58:3 | Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. [labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs] |
| 13. | Isaiah 58:4 | Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high. [ye shall...: or, ye fast not as this day] |
| 14. | Isaiah 58:5 | Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? [a day...: or, to afflict his soul for a day?] |
| 15. | Jeremiah 36:9 | And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, [that] they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. |
| 16. | Ezekiel 24:17 | Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men. [Forbear: Heb. Be silent] [lips: Heb. upper lip] |
| 17. | Daniel 6:18 | Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. [instruments...: or, table] |
| 18. | Daniel 10:2 | In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. [full...: Heb. weeks of days] |
| 19. | Joel 1:13 | Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. |
| 20. | Zechariah 8:19 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. [feasts: or, solemn, or, set times] |
| 21. | Mark 2:18 | And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? |
| 22. | Mark 2:19 | And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. |
| 23. | Luke 5:33 | And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? |
| 24. | Luke 5:34 | And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? |
| 25. | Luke 5:35 | But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. |
| 26. | Acts 10:10 | And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, |
| 27. | Acts 13:3 | And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away. |
| 28. | Acts 20:11 | When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. |
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