On Fasting

Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 17:21
However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Luke 5:33
Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”

First Reason for Speaking Parables

Mark 4:10
But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

Luke 8:9
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

Thoughts 

"He that returns good for evil obtains the victory." - Thomas Fuller
"Christ is a substitute for everything, but nothing is a substitute for Christ."
— H.A. Ironside

Second Reason for Speaking Parables

Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

Mark 4:10
But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

Mark 4:10
But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.

[Message No: 6833]