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Luke 5:33-39

33 Jesus Questioned About Fasting
They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”

34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”

36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined.

38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

Cross References for Luke 5:33-39

Luke 18:12 - I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ Click to read the verse Luke 18:12 Click to read the verse Luke 18:12

Luke 11:1 - Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one o... Click to read the verse Luke 11:1 Click to read the verse Luke 11:1

Isaiah 1:15 - When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:15 Click to read the verse Isaiah 1:15

Luke 2:37 - and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night a... Click to read the verse Luke 2:37 Click to read the verse Luke 2:37

Matthew 23:13 - “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven ... Click to read the verse Matthew 23:13 Click to read the verse Matthew 23:13

Proverbs 28:9 - If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable. Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:9 Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:9

Romans 10:2-3 - For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on know... Click to read the verse Romans 10:2-3 Click to read the verse Romans 10:2-3

Zechariah 7:6 - And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:6 Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:6

Luke 20:47 - They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most ... Click to read the verse Luke 20:47 Click to read the verse Luke 20:47

Acts 9:11 - The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus n... Click to read the verse Acts 9:11 Click to read the verse Acts 9:11

Luke 6:2 - Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” Click to read the verse Luke 6:2 Click to read the verse Luke 6:2

Mark 12:40 - They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most ... Click to read the verse Mark 12:40 Click to read the verse Mark 12:40

John 3:25 - An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of cer... Click to read the verse John 3:25 Click to read the verse John 3:25

Mark 2:18-22 - Jesus Questioned About Fasting Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people... Click to read the verse Mark 2:18-22 Click to read the verse Mark 2:18-22

Matthew 9:14-17 - Jesus Questioned About Fasting Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and... Click to read the verse Matthew 9:14-17 Click to read the verse Matthew 9:14-17

Isaiah 58:3-6 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and y... Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3-6 Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3-6

Luke 7:34-35 - The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a frie... Click to read the verse Luke 7:34-35 Click to read the verse Luke 7:34-35

Matthew 6:5-6 - Prayer “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the... Click to read the verse Matthew 6:5-6 Click to read the verse Matthew 6:5-6

John 1:35 - Jesus’ First Disciples The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. Click to read the verse John 1:35 Click to read the verse John 1:35