Prayer and Fast

Matthew 17:14-21

 

14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

 

15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

 

16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

 

17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

 

18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

 

19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

 

20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

 

21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Matthew 6:16-34 King James Version (KJV)

 

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.

 

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

 

18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

 

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

 

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

 

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.