Mark 2:18

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John’s disciples and the Pharisees were going without eating. Some people came and asked Jesus, “John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees often go without eating, so why don’t your disciples do the same?”

Cross References

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week and I give a tenth of everything I get.’

Matthew 6:18

Then no one will be able to tell that you’re fasting. Only your Father, who can’t be seen, will know it. And your Father, who sees what you do in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:16

“When you go without eating, don’t look all sad like the hypocrites. They make strange faces so that people will notice that they’re fasting. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

Romans 10:3

They didn’t know how God makes people right with himself, so they tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn’t realize that

Matthew 23:5

“Everything they do is for others to see. People sometimes wear little boxes on their foreheads and arms that hold Scripture quotes. But they make their boxes big and obvious. People put tassels on the four corners of their clothes to remind them to obey God’s commands. But they make their tassels extra long.

Mark 2:19

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the groom go without eating while he’s with them? They won’t fast while he’s celebrating with them.