Matthew 9:14-16

International Children’s Bible

Jesus Is Not Like Other Jews

¹⁴Then the followers of John^[a] came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, “We and the Pharisees often give up eating.^[b] But your followers don’t. Why?”

¹⁵Jesus answered, “The friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. Then his friends are sad, and they will give up eating.

¹⁶“When someone sews a patch over a hole in an old coat, he never uses a piece of cloth that is not yet shrunk. If he does, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse.

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Footnotes

9:14 John John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3; Luke 3).
9:14 give up eating This is called “fasting.” The people would give up eating for a special time of prayer and worship to God. It was also done to show sadness.