A Question About Fasting
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Then 1the disciples of John came to him, saying, 2"Why do we and 3the Pharisees fast,a but your disciples do not fast?"
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And Jesus said to them, 4"Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? 5The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and 6then they will fast.
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No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
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Neither is new wine put into old 7wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."
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Mateus 9:14
Então vieram ter com ele os discípulos de João, perguntando: Por que é que nós e os fariseus jejuamos, mas os teus discípulos não jejuam?
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Matthew 9:14
Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
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Mateus 9:14
Então os discípulos de João vieram perguntar-lhe: “Por que nós e os fariseus jejuamos, mas os teus discípulos não?”
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