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Matthew 9:14-16
New Testament for Everyone
Matthew 9:14-16
New Testament for Everyone
14 Then John’s disciples came to him with a question.
“How come,” they asked, “we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples don’t fast at all?”
15 “Wedding guests can’t fast, can they,” replied Jesus, “as long as the bridegroom is with them? But sooner or later the bridegroom will be taken away from them. They’ll fast then all right.
16 “No one,” he went on, “sews a patch of unshrunk cloth onto an old coat. The patch will simply pull away from the coat, and you’ll have a worse hole than you started with.
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Matthew 9:14-16
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Matthew 9:14-16
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting(A)
14 Then John’s(B) disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often,(C) but your disciples do not fast?”
15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?(D) The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.(E)
16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.
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