A Question About Fasting
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Then m the disciples of John came to him, saying, n "Why do we and o the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
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And Jesus said to them, p "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? q The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and r then they will fast.
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No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
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Neither is new wine put into old s wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."
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Cross References
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Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
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Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.
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John 3:29
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
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Luke 17:22
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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John 16:20
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
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Joshua 9:4
They on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended.
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