Matthew 9:13-14

13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus Questioned About Fasting

14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

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Cross References 4

1. Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8; Matthew 12:7
2. Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:15
3. S Matthew 3:1
4. Matthew 11:18,19; Luke 18:12

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hosea 6:6

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