Synopsis of the Gospels
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Matthew 9
Jesus is asked about fasting
14 One day John’s disciples came. They said to Jesus, ‘We and the Pharisees often go without eating. Why don’t your disciples go without eating?’
15 Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the groom be sad while he is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast.
16 ‘People don’t sew a patch of new cloth on old clothes. The new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse.
17 People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed. No, people pour new wine into new wineskins. Then both are saved.’
Mark 2
Jesus is asked about fasting
18 John’s disciples and the Pharisees were going without eating. Some people came to Jesus. They said to him, ‘John’s disciples are fasting. The disciples of the Pharisees are also fasting. But your disciples are not. Why aren’t they?’
19 Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the groom go without eating while he is with them? They will not fast as long as he is with them.
20 But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. On that day they will go without eating.
21 ‘No one sews a patch of new cloth on old clothes. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse.
22 No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins. Then the wine and the wineskins will both be destroyed. No, people pour new wine into new wineskins.’
Luke 5
Jesus is asked about fasting
33 Some of the people who were there said to Jesus, ‘John’s disciples often pray and go without eating. So do the disciples of the Pharisees. But yours go on eating and drinking.’
34 Jesus answered, ‘Can you make the friends of the groom fast while he is with them?
35 But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. In those days they will go without eating.’
36 Then Jesus gave them an example. He said, ‘No one tears a piece out of new clothes to patch old clothes. Otherwise, they will tear the new clothes. Also, the patch from the new clothes will not match the old clothes.
37 No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed.
38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.