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John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Mark 2:18 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીમાર્ક ૨:૧૮
યોહાનના તથા ફરોશીઓના શિષ્યો ઉપવાસ કરતાં હતા; અને તેઓ આવીને તેમને કહે છે કે, ‘યોહાનના તથા ફરોશીઓના શિષ્યો ઉપવાસ કરે છે, પણ તમારા શિષ્યો ઉપવાસ કરતા નથી, એનું કારણ શું?’”
हिन्दीमरकुस २:१८
यूहन्ना के चेले, और फरीसी उपवास करते थे; अतः उन्होंने आकर उससे यह कहा; “यूहन्ना के चेले और फरीसियों के चेले क्यों उपवास रखते हैं, परन्तु तेरे चेले उपवास नहीं रखते?”

In context

16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

18John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

19Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.

20But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

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