Matthew 9:14
World English Bible (WEB)
Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
In context
12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
13 But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
14 Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
15 Jesus said to them, “Can the 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 then they will fast.
16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
Matthew 9:14 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
- KJV 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?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
- ASV 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?
- YLT 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?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?