Luke 5:33
And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
32I am not come to call righteous [persons], but sinful [ones] to repentance.
34And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?
Cross References
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Zechariah 7:6And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?
Matthew 9:14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Mark 2:18And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and [the disciples] of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Luke 7:34The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
Luke 18:12I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39
The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →