Luke 5:33
And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
32I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.
Cross References
Matthew 9:14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?
Mark 2:18And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting[2:18]; and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Luke 7:34The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Luke 18:12I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess[18:12].
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 →