Luke 5:33-39
New American Standard Bible
33 And they said to Him, “(A)The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do [a]the same, but Yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the [b]attendants of the groom fast while the groom is with them, can you? 35 (B)But the days will come; and when the groom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the patch from the new garment will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one, after drinking old wine wants new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’”
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Luke 5:33-39
Lexham English Bible
On Fasting
33 And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and make prayers—likewise also the disciples[a] of the Pharisees—but yours are eating and drinking!” 34 So he[b] said[c] to them, “You are not able to make the bridegroom’s attendants[d] fast as long as the bridegroom is with them, are you?[e] 35 But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And he also told a parable to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and[f] puts it[g] on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch that is from the new. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will be spilled and the wineskins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins. 39 And no one after[h] drinking old wine[i] wants new, because he says, ‘The old is just fine!’”
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- Luke 5:33 The word “disciples” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Luke 5:34 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Luke 5:34 Some manuscripts have “So Jesus said”
- Luke 5:34 Literally “sons of the bridal chamber”
- Luke 5:34 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you”
- Luke 5:36 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“tears”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 5:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 5:39 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“drinking”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 5:39 The word “wine” is not in the Greek text but is implied
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