Mark 2:18

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Now the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees were fasting. So some people came and said to Jesus, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yoʋr disciples do not fast?”

Cross References

Matthew 23:5

They do all their works to be seen by others. They make their phylacteries wide and the fringes of their garments long.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, do not be gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they may be seen by others to be fasting. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:18

so that yoʋ may not be seen by others to be fasting, but by yoʋr Father who is in secret. Then yoʋr Father who sees in secret will reward yoʋ.

Mark 2:19

Jesus said to them, “Can the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week, and I give tithes of all that I get.’

Romans 10:3

For they do not understand the righteousness of God, and by seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God's righteousness.