Matthew 9:14

Then the disciples of John came and asked, “Why is that we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples don't?”

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Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

In Context

13Go and discover what this means: ‘I want mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I didn't come to call those who do what's right—I came to call sinners.”

15“Do wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus responded. “But the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:6Many people tell you they're loyal, but can you find someone really trustworthy?

Matthew 11:2While John was in prison he heard what the Messiah was doing, so he sent his disciples

Mark 2:18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some of them came to Jesus, and asked him, “Why is it that John's disciples and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't?”

Luke 18:9He also told this story about those who are so sure that they are living right, and who put everybody else down.

John 4:1When Jesus realized that the Pharisees had discovered that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:10-14

Matthew Called. 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a… Read the whole commentary →

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