Matthew 9:14 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John approached Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

Common English Bible

¹⁴ At that time John’s disciples came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees frequently fast, but your disciples never fast?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

Matthew 9:14 Cross References

Matthew 11:2

And when John had heard in prison about the works of the Messiah, having sent two of his disciples,

Matthew 6:16

"Moreover, when you fast, do not become gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men [to be] fasting. Assuredly I say to you, that they receive their reward in full.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

John 3:25

Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

John 4:1

Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and was baptizing more disciples than John