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  2. Exorcising a boy possessed by a demon - Wikipedia

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    Afterwards, the disciples ask Jesus why they were unable to cure the boy and he explains, 'This kind can come out only through prayer'. Some sources add, 'and through fasting'. [4] The version in Matthew's gospel is considerably shorter, and drops the reference to a crowd and the need for prayer.

  3. Mark 9 - Wikipedia

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    Help my unbelief!" (verse 24, only in Mark's account). Jesus heals the boy: when asked by the disciples privately why they could not cast it out, he replies "This kind can come out only through prayer and fasting" (verse 29). Some early manuscripts and modern versions omit the reference to fasting. [16]

  4. List of New Testament verses not included in modern English ...

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    KJV: "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." Reason: The verse closely resembles Mark 9:29, but it is lacking in Matthew in א (original handwriting), B, θ, some Italic, Syriac, Coptic and Ethiopic manuscripts.

  5. Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The fruit and advantages of fasting can easily be proved. And first; fasting is most useful in preparing the soul for prayer, and the contemplation of divine things, as the angel Raphael saith: "Prayer is good with fasting". Thus Moses for forty days prepared his soul by fasting, before he presumed to speak with God: so Elias fasted forty days ...

  6. Temptation of Christ - Wikipedia

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    Fasting traditionally presaged a great spiritual struggle. [26] Elijah and Moses in the Old Testament fasted 40 days and nights, and thus Jesus doing the same invites comparison to these events. In Judaism, "the practice of fasting connected the body and its physical needs with less tangible values, such as self-denial and repentance."

  7. Religious fasting - Wikipedia

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    This is the only fast day mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus 23:26-32). It is so important to fast on this day, that only those who would be put in mortal danger by fasting are exempt, such as the ill or frail (endangering a life is against a core principle of Judaism); such people are actually forbidden from fasting. [109]

  8. 21 Facts About OCD That Will Likely Surprise You - AOL

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    Compulsions can steal hours out of a person’s day. Many people with OCD get trapped in loops of checking, repeating, or mental reviewing, which interferes with work, relationships, and daily life.

  9. Matthew 6:18 - Wikipedia

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    But in fasting and prayer He added nothing of this sort; because alms cannot be so done as to be altogether hid, fasting and prayer can be so done. The contempt of men's praise is no small fruit, for thereby we are freed from the heavy slavery of human opinion, and become properly workers of virtue, loving it for itself and not for others.