A Question About Fasting

33 And they said to him, (A)“The disciples of John (B)fast often and (C)offer prayers, (D)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, (E)“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 (F)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (G)then they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old (H)wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”[a]

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  1. Luke 5:39 Some manuscripts better

A Question about Fasting

33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”[a]

34 Jesus said to them, “You can’t make the wedding guests[b] fast while the groom is with them, can you? 35 But the time[c] will come(A) when the groom will be taken away from them—then they will fast in those days.”

36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine should be put into fresh wineskins.[d] 39 And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, ‘The old is better.’”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:33 Other mss read “Why do John’s . . . drink?” (as a question)
  2. Luke 5:34 Or the friends of the groom; lit sons of the bridal chamber
  3. Luke 5:35 Lit days
  4. Luke 5:38 Other mss add And so both are preserved.
  5. Luke 5:39 Other mss read is good