14Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"


In Context

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

14 Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

16 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

Matthew 9:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14Then John's disciples came to him, saying, |Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, 'Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but your disciples fast not?