Matthew 9:15

Matthew 9:15

13 But go and learn what this means: ^a‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, ^bbut sinners, to repentance.”

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, ^a“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

15 And Jesus said to them, “Can ^athe friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and ^bthen they will fast.

16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for¹ the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins¹ break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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People's Commentary (NT)

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Matthew 9:15 The children of the bridechamber mourn. The friends of the bridegroom, for the bride was brought to his father's house. Fasting was usually a sign of sorrow. He was himself the Bridegroom, and still with his disciples. When the bridegroom shall be taken from them. An allusion especially to the crushing sorrow when he was crucified and buried. Real fasting takes place when there is real occasion for it. See Acts 13:2 14:23 2Co 6:5 11:27.

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