Matthew 9:14

Then came to him the disciples of John, and said: Why do we and the Pharisees fast much and thy disciples fast not?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.

15Jesus said to them: Can the children of the nuptial chamber fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:2Now when John, in the house of prisoners, heard of the works of Messiah, he sent by the hand of his disciples,

Mark 2:18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasters; and they came and said to him: Why are the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasters, and thy disciples fast not?

Luke 18:9And he spake this similitude, against certain persons, who had confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and despised every one.

John 4:1And Jesus knew, that the Pharisees had heard; that he made many disciples, and baptized more 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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