Matthew 9:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Proverbs 20:6

Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: But a faithful man who can find?

Matthew 11:2

Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples,

Matthew 6:16

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

John 3:25

There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

John 4:1

When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John