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Matthew 9:14-16
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Matthew 9:14-16
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
14 Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast [a]often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?
15 And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16 And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made.
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- Matthew 9:14 Many manuscripts so read.
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