Luke 5:33

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And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink?

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  • Matt 9:14-17 : 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but your disciples do not fast? 15 And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast. 16 No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up pulls from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins: else the wineskins break, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish: but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
  • Mark 2:18-22 : 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? 19 And 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 will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21 No man sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment, otherwise the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22 And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.
  • Luke 11:1 : 1 And it happened that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
  • Luke 18:12 : 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: they will receive greater condemnation.
  • John 1:35 : 35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a discussion between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.
  • Acts 9:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,
  • Rom 10:2-3 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
  • Mark 12:40 : 40 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
  • Luke 7:34-35 : 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! 35 But wisdom is justified by all her children.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 58:3-6 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors. 4 Behold, you fast for strife and debate and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high. 5 Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
  • Zech 7:6 : 6 And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
  • Matt 6:5-6 : 5 And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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