The New American Standard Bible
Book of Matthew
Chapter 9  -  Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio MediaPlayer
9:14 - [In Context|Original Greek] Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the R362 Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"
9:15 - [In Context|Original Greek] And Jesus said to them, "The R363 attendants F175 of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
9:16 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But R364 no one puts a F176 patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the F177 patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
9:17 - [In Context|Original Greek] "Nor R365 do {people} put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
FOOTNOTES: F175: Or mercy F176: I.e. more than F177: Lit sons of the wedding place
CROSS REFERENCES: R362: Luke 12:6 R363: 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34 R364: Matthew 12:12 R365: Luke 12:8; Revelation 3:5

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