A Question About Fasting
14 Then ch. 11:2;14:12;Luke 11:1;John 1:35;3:25;4:1;[Acts 18:25;19:3] the disciples of John came to him, saying, [ch. 15:2] "Why do we and Luke 18:12the Pharisees fast,9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often but your disciples do not fast?" 15 And Jesus said to them, John 3:29"Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? See Luke 17:22The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and [John 16:20]then they will fast.16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.17 Neither is new wine put into old Josh. 9:4wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."