Mark 2:17-20
English Standard Version
17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. (A)I came not to call the righteous, (B)but sinners.”
A Question About Fasting
18 Now (C)John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, (D)“Why do John's disciples and (E)the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, (F)“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 (G)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (H)then they will fast in that day.
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