Mar 2:18-22, Luk 5:33-39 | ESV | STEP | Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting . And people came and said to him , Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast , but your disciples do not fast ?

Mark 2:18-22

A Question About Fasting

18 Now ^aJohn’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, ^b“Why do John’s disciples and ^cthe disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, ^d“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 ^eThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^fthen they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old ^gwineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit But new wine is for fresh wineskins}

Luke 5:33-39

A Question About Fasting

33 And they said to him, ⁱ“The disciples of John ^jfast often and ^koffer prayers, ^land so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, ^m“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 ⁿThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^othen they will fast in those days.” 36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old ^pwineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts better}