Matthew 9:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 9:14

12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

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.”

Verse Comparison: Matthew 9:14

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American Standard Version
Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

Amplified® Bible
Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast {often,} [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?

Contemporary English Version
One day some followers of John the Baptist came and asked Jesus, "Why do we and the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?"

Darby English Version
Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?

Good News Bible
Then the followers of John the Baptist came to Jesus, asking, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast at all?"

International Standard Version
Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

King James Version
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

New American Standard Bible
Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"

New International Version
Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

New King James Version
Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"

Revised Standard Version
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

Young's Literal Translation
Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

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Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting

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