Mark 2:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

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  • Matt 6:16 : 16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
  • Matt 6:18 : 18 So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
  • Luke 18:12 : 12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
  • Matt 9:14-17 : 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not? 15 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food. 16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole. 17 And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
  • Luke 5:33-39 : 33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink. 34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them? 35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food. 36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old. 37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction. 38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins. 39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

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    14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

    15 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

    16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

  • Luke 5:33-36
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    33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

    34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

    35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

    36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

  • Mark 2:19-20
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    19 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

    20 But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

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    11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

    12 But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

  • Mark 2:16-17
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    16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

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  • Mark 2:23-25
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    23 And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

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    1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

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    17 We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

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    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

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    33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

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