¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a](A) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^(B)

Jesus Questioned About Fasting^(C)

¹⁴ Then John’s^(D) disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often,^(E) but your disciples do not fast?”