Matthew 9:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

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  • Mark 2:18-22 : 18 ¶ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, ‹Can the children of the bridechamber 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 shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.› 21 ‹No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.› 22 ‹And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.›
  • Luke 5:33-39 : 33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? 34 And he said unto them, ‹Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?› 35 ‹But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.› 36 And he spake also a parable unto them; ‹No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was› [taken] ‹out of the new agreeth not with the old.› 37 ‹And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.› 38 ‹But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.› 39 ‹No man also having drunk old› [wine] ‹straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.›
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 ¶ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 ‹Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.› 11 ‹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men› [are], ‹extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.› 12 ‹I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.›
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 ¶ ‹Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›
  • Matt 11:18-19 : 18 ‹For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.› 19 ‹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.›
  • Matt 11:2 : 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
  • John 4:1 : 1 ¶ When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 ¶ Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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