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


In Context

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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

15 And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast.

16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:14Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

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 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?