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18 · kai The ho disciples mathētēs of John Iōannēs and kai of the ho Pharisees Pharisaios were eimi fasting nēsteuō. · kai Some people came erchomai and kai said legō to him autos, “ Why dia tis do the ho disciples mathētēs of John Iōannēs and kai the ho disciples mathētēs of the ho Pharisees Pharisaios fast nēsteuō, · ho but de your sos disciples mathētēs do not ou fast nēsteuō?” 19 And kai Jesus Iēsous said legō to them autos, · ho Do dynamai the ho friends hyios of the ho bridegroom nymphōn fast nēsteuō while en hos the ho bridegroom nymphios is eimi with meta them autos? No , as long as hosos they have echō the ho bridegroom nymphios with meta them autos, they do dynamai not ou fast nēsteuō. 20 But de days hēmera will come erchomai when hotan the ho bridegroom nymphios will be taken apairō from apo them autos, and kai then tote they will fast nēsteuō in en that ekeinos · ho day hēmera.

21  No one oudeis sews epiraptō a piece epiblēma of unshrunk agnaphos cloth rhakos on epi an old palaios garment himation. If he does ei, · de the ho patch plērōma pulls away airō from apo it autos, the ho new kainos from the ho old palaios, and kai the tear schisma becomes ginomai worse cheirōn. 22 And kai no one oudeis puts ballō new neos wine oinos into eis old palaios wineskins askos. If he does ei, · de the ho wine oinos will burst rhēgnymi the ho skins askos and kai the ho wine oinos will be wasted apollymi as kai well as the ho skins askos. But alla new neos wine oinos is poured into eis fresh kainos wineskins askos.”

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The Question about Fasting

18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people[a] came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.(A)

21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 Similarly, no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins, but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2.18 Gk they
  2. 2.22 Other ancient authorities lack but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins