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Matthew 9:14-16
New American Standard Bible 1995

The Question about Fasting

14 Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and (A)the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “The [a]attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 But no one puts [b]a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for [c]the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:15 Lit sons of the wedding place
  2. Matthew 9:16 Lit that which is put on
  3. Matthew 9:16 Lit that which fills up
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