Matthew 9:14

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?”

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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 learn what this means – ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”

15Jesus answered, “Can the groom’s friends mourn as long as the groom is with them? But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:2Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,

Mark 2:18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, “Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while yours do not?”

Luke 18:9Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded everyone else with scorn, Jesus told this parable –

John 4:1Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making 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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