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

Then {G5119} came {G4334} to him {G846} the disciples {G3101} of John {G2491}, saying {G3004}, Why {G1302} do we {G2249} and {G2532} the Pharisees {G5330} fast {G3522} oft {G4183}, but {G1161} thy {G4675} disciples {G3101} fast {G3522} not {G3756}?

Next, Yochanan's talmidim came to him and asked, "Why is it that we and the P'rushim fast frequently, but your talmidim don't fast at all?"

At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

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

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Cross-References

  • Luke 5:33 (9 votes)

    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?

  • Luke 5:39 (9 votes)

    No man also having drunk old [wine] straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

  • Mark 2:18 (7 votes)

    ¶ 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?

  • Mark 2:22 (7 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 6:16 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 11:18 (4 votes)

    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

  • Matthew 11:19 (4 votes)

    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.