Mar 2:18-22, Luk 5:33-39 | ISV | STEP | A Question about Fasting Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, “Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?”

Mark 2:18-22

18 A Question about Fasting Matthew 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people ^{▼▼Lit. They} came and asked Jesus, ^{▼▼Lit. him} “Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?”Matt 9:14; Luke 5:33

19 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests can't fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can't fast. 20 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.”

The Unshrunk Cloth Matthew 9:16; Luke 5:36

21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch pulls away from it—the new from the old—and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will make the skins burst, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks is poured} into fresh wineskins.”

Luke 5:33-39

33 A Question about Fasting Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22Then they said to him, “John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do those of the Pharisees. But your disciples ^{▼▼Lit. yours} keep right on eating and drinking.”Matt 9:14; Mark 2:18

34 But Jesus said to them, “You can't force the wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them, can you? 35 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and in those days they will fast.”

36 The Unshrunk Cloth Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21Then he told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, the new will tear, and the piece from the new will not match the old.Matt 9:16-17; Mark 2:21-22 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will make the skins burst, the wine ^{▼▼Lit. it} will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. 38 Rather, new wine is to be poured into fresh wineskins. 39 No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine, for he says, ‘The old is excellent!’” ^{▼▼Other mss. lack this verse}