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Matthew 9:14-16
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 9:14-16
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Jesus Did Not Come To Patch Up The Old System, But To Inaugurate a New One
14 Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying “For what reason are we and the Pharisees fasting[a] often, but Your disciples are not fasting?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “The sons of the wedding-hall[b] cannot be mourning as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But days will come when the bridegroom is taken-away from them, and then they will fast. 16 And no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the fullness of it takes[c] from the garment and a worse tear takes place.
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- Matthew 9:14 John’s disciples may have been fasting regarding his imprisonment or their own repentance and preparation. Some Pharisees fasted twice a week, Lk 18:12.
- Matthew 9:15 That is, the groomsmen, the attendants of the groom, representing the disciples.
- Matthew 9:16 During washing, the new patch ‘takes’ from the old garment, tearing it. Jesus is not a patch repairing the Jewish system. He is a new garment, so His disciples behave in a new way.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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