17 耶稣听见了,就说:“健康的人不需要医生,有病的人才需要。我来不是要召义人,乃是要召罪人。”

论禁食

18 约翰的门徒和法利赛人都在禁食的时候,有人来问耶稣:“约翰的门徒和法利赛人的门徒禁食,为什么你的门徒不禁食呢?”

19 耶稣对他们说:“新郎还在的时候,宾客怎能在婚宴中禁食呢?新郎还跟他们在一起的时候,他们不该禁食。

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17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(A)

Jesus Questioned About Fasting(B)

18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.(C) Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

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17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

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