Mat 9:14, Joh 3:25-28, 4:1, Act 19:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Then the disciples of John came to him , saying , Why do we and the Pharisees fast , but your disciples do not fast ?

Matthew 9:14

A Question About Fasting

14 Then ^athe disciples of John came to him, saying, ^b“Why do we and ^cthe Pharisees fast, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add much, or often} but your disciples do not fast?”

John 3:25-28

25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over ^epurification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, ^f“Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, ^gto whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and ^hall are going to him.” 27 John answered, ⁱ“A person cannot receive even one thing ^junless it is given him ^kfrom heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ^l‘I am not the Christ, but ^mI have been sent before him.’

John 4:1

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and ⁿbaptizing more disciples than John

Acts 19:1-3

Paul in Ephesus

1 And it happened that while ^oApollos was at Corinth, Paul passed ^pthrough the inland ^{▼▼Greek upper (that is, highland)} country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them, ^r“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, ^swe have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said, ^t“Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into ^uJohn’s baptism.”