Verse 14

Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

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  • Mark 2:18-22 : 18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast? 19 Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.' 20 'But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.' 21 'No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.' 22 'And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.'
  • Luke 5:33-39 : 33 Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?" 34 Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days. 36 Then He told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new garment will be torn, and the patch from the new will not match the old." 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 Instead, new wine must be poured into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'The old is better.'
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in their own righteousness and treated others with contempt: 10 'Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.' 11 'The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.' 12 'I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 When you fast, do not look somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • Matt 11:18-19 : 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.
  • Matt 11:2 : 2 Now John, while in prison, heard about the works of Christ and sent his disciples to ask Him,
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.
  • John 4:1 : 1 When the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Many claim to have steadfast love, but a faithful person who can find?