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Matthew 9:14-15
New Living Translation
Matthew 9:14-15
New Living Translation
A Discussion about Fasting
14 One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast[a] like we do and the Pharisees do?”
15 Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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- 9:14 Some manuscripts read fast often.
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