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Matthew 9:12-14
English Standard Version
Matthew 9:12-14
English Standard Version
12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 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?”
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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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