Bible Cross References
the disciples
Matthew 11:2
When John the Baptist heard in prison about the things that Christ was doing, he sent some of his disciples to him.
John 3:25
Some of John's disciples began arguing with a Jew about the matter of ritual washing.
John 4:1
The Pharisees heard that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John.
Why
Matthew 6:16
"And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.
Matthew 11:18
When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, 'He has a demon in him!'
Matthew 11:19
When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!' God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results."
Proverbs 20:6
Everyone talks about how loyal and faithful he is, but just try to find someone who really is!
Mark 2:18-22
18
On one occasion the followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came to Jesus and asked him, "Why is it that the disciples of John the Baptist and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yours do not?"
19
Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that.
20
But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
21
"No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole.
22
Nor does anyone pour new wine into used wineskins, because the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins."
Luke 5:33-39
33
Some people said to Jesus, "The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but your disciples eat and drink."
34
Jesus answered, "Do you think you can make the guests at a wedding party go without food as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not!
35
But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."
36
Jesus also told them this parable: "You don't tear a piece off a new coat to patch up an old coat. If you do, you will have torn the new coat, and the piece of new cloth will not match the old.
37
Nor do you pour new wine into used wineskins, because the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will pour out, and the skins will be ruined.
38
Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins!
39
And you don't want new wine after drinking old wine. 'The old is better,' you say."
Luke 18:9-12
9
Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else.
10
"Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
11
The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
12
I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.'