Bible Cross References
the disciples
Matthew 9:14-17
14
Then the disciples of John approached Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
15
And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16
No one puts on a patch of a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for it takes away its completeness from the garment, and the tear is made worse.
17
Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins burst, and the wine spills out, and the wineskins will be ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."
Luke 5:33-39
33
Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"
34
And He said to them, "Can you make the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?
35
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."
36
Then He spoke a parable to them: "No one puts a patch of a new garment on an old one; otherwise both the new [garment] tears, and also the patch that was taken out of the new [garment] does not match with the old [garment].
37
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the wineskins and it will be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.
38
But [one] must put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.
39
And no one, having drunk old [wine], immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"
Why
Matthew 6:16
"Moreover, when you fast, do not become gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men [to be] fasting. Assuredly I say to you, that they receive their reward in full.
Matthew 6:18
so that you do not appear to men [to be] fasting, but to your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and they enlarge the borders of their garments.
Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week, I tithe [on] all things, as many as I acquire.'
Romans 10:3
For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.