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Matthew 9:13-15
English Standard Version
Matthew 9:13-15
English Standard Version
13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”
A Question About Fasting
14 Then (E)the disciples of John came to him, saying, (F)“Why do we and (G)the Pharisees fast,[a] but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, (H)“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? (I)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (J)then they will fast.
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- Matthew 9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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