Matthew 9:14 Cross References - Haweis

¹⁴ Then came unto him disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees keep many fasts, but thy disciples fast not?

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.

² Then John, having heard in prison the works of Christ, sent two of his disciples,

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil: ¹⁹ the Son of man is come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, what a man! a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners: though wisdom hath been justified by her children.

¹⁸ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees kept fasts; and they came and said to him, Wherefore do the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees, fast? but thy disciples keep no fast. ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. ²¹ And no man seweth on a patch of cloth undressed upon an old garment: but if otherwise, the new piece supplied taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. ²² And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; but if otherwise, the new wine will burst the bottles, and the wine will be spilt, and the bottles destroyed: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

³³ Then said they unto him, Why do the disciples of John observe frequent fasts, and make prayers; but thine are eating and drinking? ³⁴ And he said unto them, Can you make the children of the bridechamber fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵ But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days. ³⁶ Then he spake a parable unto them, No man putteth a patch of new cloth on an old garment; but if otherwise, both the new makes a rent, and the patch from the new is not of a piece with the old. ³⁷ And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; for if he doth, the new wine will burst the bottles, and it will itself be spilled, and the bottles be destroyed. ³⁸ But new wine should be put into new bottles; then both are preserved. ³⁹ And no man drinking old wine, immediately desires new: for he saith, The old is better.

⁹ Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-farmer. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer. ¹² I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess.

²⁵ Then a dispute arose between the disciples of John and the Jews with regard to purification.

¹ AS soon then as the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John