32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

On Fasting

33 And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and make prayers—likewise also the disciples[a] of the Pharisees—but yours are eating and drinking!” 34 So he[b] said[c] to them, “You are not able to make the bridegroom’s attendants[d] fast as long as the bridegroom is with them, are you?[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:33 The word “disciples” is not in the Greek text but is implied
  2. Luke 5:34 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Luke 5:34 Some manuscripts have “So Jesus said”
  4. Luke 5:34 Literally “sons of the bridal chamber”
  5. Luke 5:34 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you

32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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?

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