Matthew 9:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then the followers of John came to Jesus and said, “We and the Pharisees fast often, but your followers don’t ever fast. Why?”

Cross References

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, don’t make yourselves look sad like the hypocrites. They put a look of suffering on their faces so that people will see they are fasting. The truth is, that’s all the reward they will get.

John 3:25

Some of John’s followers had an argument with another Jew about religious washing.

John 4:1

Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard the report that he was making and baptizing more followers than John.

Matthew 11:2

When John was in prison, he heard about the things that were happening—things the Messiah would do. So he sent some of his followers to Jesus.

Proverbs 20:6

You might call many people your “friends,” but it is hard to find someone who can really be trusted.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.