14 Then John's disciples went up to Him, and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees practice fasting, but your disciples do not?"
Matthew 9:14 Cross References - Williams
Matthew 6:16
16 "Also whenever you fast, you must not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a gloomy countenance, to let people see them fasting. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.
Matthew 11:2
2 Now when John in prison heard of the doings of the Christ, he sent this message by his disciples:
Matthew 11:18-19
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking with others, and yet they said, 'He has a demon.'
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"
Mark 2:18-22
18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. So some people came and asked Him, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples practice fasting, but yours never do?"
19 Jesus answered them, "The wedding guests cannot fast, can they, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
20 But a time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
21 No one sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat; or, if he does, the patch tears away, the new from the old, and the hole becomes bigger than ever.
22 No one puts new wine into old wine-bottles, or, if he does, the wine will break the bottles, and the wine is lost, and the bottles too. New wine is to be put up in new bottles."
Luke 5:33-39
33 After that they said to Him, "John's disciples rigidly practice fasting and offering up prayers; so do the Pharisees, but your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."
34 But Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
35 But a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; at that time they will fast."
36 Then He told them a short story: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and puts it on an old one; or if he does, he will tear the new one too, and the patch from the new coat will not match the old one.
37 So no one puts fresh wine into old wine bottles; or, if he does, the fresh wine will burst the bottles, the wine will run out, and the bottles will be ruined.
38 But fresh wine must be put into new bottles.
39 No one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, 'The old is good enough.'"
Luke 18:9-12
9 To some people who were confident that they themselves were upright, but who scorned everybody else, He told the following story:
10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax-collector.
11 The Pharisee stood and said this self-centered prayer, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, robbers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.
12 I fast two days in the week. I pay a tithe on everything I get.'
John 3:25
25 Then a discussion came up between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.
John 4:1
1 Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was winning and baptizing more disciples than John --