Matthew 9:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Mark 2:18-22 : 18 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? 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. 21 No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole. 22 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
  • 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.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others: 10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer. 11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer. 12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
  • 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 11:18-19 : 18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit. 19 The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
  • Matt 11:2 : 2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.
  • John 4:1 : 1 Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

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  • Mark 2:16-20
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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?

    17 And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

    18 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?

    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.

  • Luke 5:33-35
    3 verses
    88%

    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.

  • Matt 9:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Matt 9:10-13
    4 verses
    78%

    10 And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

    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.

    13 But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

  • Luke 7:32-34
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    32 They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

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

    34 The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

  • Matt 15:12
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    12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Matt 11:17-19
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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.

    18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

    19 The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

  • Luke 7:18
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    18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • Mark 9:14
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    14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.

  • Mark 7:5
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    5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

  • Mark 2:24-25
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    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

    25 And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

  • Matt 12:1-3
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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.

    3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

  • Matt 15:1-2
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    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

    2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

  • Isa 58:3
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    3 They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

  • Matt 6:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

    17 But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

  • John 4:1-2
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    72%

    1 Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

    2 (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

  • Luke 6:2
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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?

  • Luke 5:30
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    30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

  • Matt 13:10
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    10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

  • Matt 17:13
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    13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • John 4:31
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    31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

  • Luke 3:12
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    12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

  • Mark 7:2
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    2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

  • John 4:33
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    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • John 3:25
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    25 Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

  • Luke 19:39
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    39 And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

  • Matt 17:10
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    10 And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

  • Luke 8:9
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    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

  • John 9:40
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    40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?