Luke 5:33

New Living Translation

One day some people said to Jesus, “John the Baptist’s disciples fast and pray regularly, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why are your disciples always eating and drinking?”

Cross References

Proverbs 28:9

God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law.

Isaiah 1:15

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

Zechariah 7:6

And even now in your holy festivals, aren’t you eating and drinking just to please yourselves?

Matthew 23:13

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

Mark 12:40

Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be more severely punished.”

Luke 11:1

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

Luke 2:37

Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.

Luke 20:47

Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished.”

Luke 5:32

I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”

Luke 5:34

Jesus responded, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not.

John 1:35

The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.

John 3:25

A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.

Acts 9:11

The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.