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Luke 5:32-34
Contemporary English Version
Luke 5:32-34
Contemporary English Version
32 I didn't come to invite good people to turn to God. I came to invite sinners.”
People Ask about Going without Eating
(Matthew 9.14-17; Mark 2.18-22)
33 Some people said to Jesus, “John's followers often pray and go without eating,[a] and so do the followers of the Pharisees. But your disciples never go without eating or drinking.”
34 Jesus told them, “The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.
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- 5.33 without eating: See the note at 2.37.
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