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32 I have not come to call righteous ones to repentance, but sinners”.

Why Do Your Disciples Not Fast? The Bridegroom Is Here. New Wineskins

33 And the ones said to Him, “The disciples of John are fasting[a] frequently and making prayers. Likewise also the ones of the Pharisees. But Yours are eating and drinking”. 34 And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the sons[b] of the wedding-hall fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:33 On why these two groups may have been fasting, see Mt 9:14.
  2. Luke 5:34 That is, the attendants of the groom; the groomsmen.

32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(A)

Jesus Questioned About Fasting(B)

33 They said to him, “John’s disciples(C) often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”

34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom(D) fast while he is with them?

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