Matthew 9:14

Then drew nigh to him the disciples of Juchanon, and said, Why do we and the Pharishee fast much, and thy disciples fast not?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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, learn what that is:-" I require mercy, and not sacrifice; " for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners.

15Jeshu said to them, Neither can the sons of the marriage-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them: but the days are coming when the bridegroom shall be taken up from them, and then shall they fast.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:2But Juchanon, when he heard in the house of the bound the works of the Meshicha, sent by his disciples,

Mark 2:18Now the disciples of Juchanon and of the Pharishee fasted. And they came and said to him, (While) the disciples of Juchanon and of the Pharishee fast, why do not thy disciples fast?

Luke 18:9And he spake this parable against some who trusted in themselves that they were just, and despised all (men):

John 4:1But when Jeshu knew that the Pharishee had heard that he had made many disciples, and baptized more than Juchanon,

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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