18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
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Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? …
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-28)Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners : here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting , which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees. Why do the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast? They used to fast , the Pharisees fasted twi…
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