Matthew 9:14

New International Reader's Version

One day John’s disciples came. They said to Jesus, “We and the Pharisees often go without eating. Why don’t your disciples go without eating?”

Cross References

Proverbs 20:6

Many claim to have love that never fails. But who can find a faithful person?

Matthew 11:2

John the Baptist was in prison. When he heard about the actions of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to him.

Matthew 6:16

“When you go without eating, do not look gloomy like those who only pretend to be holy. They make their faces look very sad. They want to show people they are fasting. What I’m about to tell you is true. They have received their complete reward.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the groom be sad while he is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast.

John 3:25

Some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew began to argue. They argued about special washings to make people “clean.”

John 4:1

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard about him. They had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John.