{"id":9671,"date":"2024-08-26T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9671"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:29:00","slug":"matthew-chapter-9-jesus-questioned-about-fasting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9671","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 9 Jesus Questioned About Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Then John\u2019s&nbsp;disciples came and asked him, \u201cHow is it that we and the Pharisees fast often,&nbsp;but your disciples do not fast?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus answered,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0404\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cHow can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?\u00a0The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>16\u00a0<\/sup><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fa0101\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cNo one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.\u00a0<sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14&nbsp;Then John\u2019s&nbsp;disciples came and asked him, \u201cHow is it that we and the Pharisees fast often,&nbsp;but your disciples do not fast?\u201d 15\u00a0Jesus answered,\u00a0\u201cHow can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them?\u00a0The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. 16\u00a0\u201cNo one sews a patch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9671","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matthew Chapter 9 Jesus Questioned About Fasting &#8212; Jesus Did Say<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jesus defended His disciples as to why they didn&#039;t fast.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matthew Chapter 9 Jesus Questioned About Fasting &#8212; 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