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Matthew 9:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Matthew 9:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
13 Go and learn what this means, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’
The Question about Fasting
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,[a] but your disciples do not fast?’ 15 And Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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- Matthew 9:14 Other ancient authorities lack often
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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