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Luke 5:33

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They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”

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Luke 5:33 in other translations

And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

Luke 5:33 · American Standard Version

Luke 5:33 in context

  1. 31Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
  2. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
  3. 33They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”
  4. 34He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
  5. 35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”