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33 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."
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33 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."
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34 Jesus answered, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
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34 Jesus answered, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
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35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."
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35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
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38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.
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39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.' "
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39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.' "
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
