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?

³ For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

⁴ And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

¹⁸ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

¹² And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

⁴² And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,