Luke 5:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some people said to Jesus, “John's followers often pray and go without eating, and so do the followers of the Pharisees. But your disciples never go without eating or drinking.”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:9

God cannot stand the prayers of anyone who disobeys his Law.

Isaiah 1:15

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

Zechariah 7:6

And when you eat and drink, isn't it for your own enjoyment?

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Mark 12:40

But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all.

Luke 11:1

When Jesus had finished praying, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his followers to pray.”

Luke 18:12

I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn.”

Luke 2:37

And now she was eighty-four years old. Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.

Luke 20:47

But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.

Luke 5:32

I didn't come to invite good people to turn to God. I came to invite sinners.”

Luke 5:34

Jesus told them, “The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.

John 1:35

The next day, John was there again, and two of his followers were with him.

John 3:25

John's followers got into an argument with a Jewish man about a ceremony of washing.

Acts 9:11

The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the house of Judas in Straight Street. When you get there, you will find a man named Saul from the city of Tarsus. Saul is praying,