Why Jesus' Disiciples do not Fast

45	WHY JESUS' DISCIPLES do not FAST
Matt 9		Mark 2		Luke 5
14	Then the disciples of John	18	Now John's disciples
			and the Pharisees
			were fasting;
	came to him,*		and people came
	saying,		and said to him,*	33	And they said to him,*
	"Why do we		"Why do John's disciples		"The disciples of John
	and		and the disciples
	the Pharisees*		of the Pharisees*
	fast,		fast,		fast often
					and offer prayers,
					and so do
					the disciples of the Pharisees,*
	but your disciples do not fast?"		but your disciples do not fast?"		but yours eat and drink."
15	And Jesus said to them,	19	And Jesus said to them,	34	And Jesus said to them,
	"Can		"Can		"Can you make
	the wedding guests mourn		the wedding guests fast		wedding guests fast
	as long as		while		while
	the bridegroom is with them?		the bridegroom is with them?		the bridegroom is with them?
			As long as they have
			the bridegroom with them,
			they cannot fast.
	The days will come, when	20	The days will come, when	35	The days will come, when
	the bridegroom is taken away		the bridegroom is taken away		the bridegroom is taken away
	from them,		from them,		from them,
	and then they will fast.		and then they will fast		and then they will fast.
			in that day.		in those days."
				36	He told them a parable also:
16	And no one puts*	21	No one sews		"No one tears
	a piece of unshrunk cloth		a piece of unshrunk cloth		a piece from a new garment
					and puts* it
	on an old garment,		on an old garment;		upon an old garment;
	for		if he does,		if he does,
	the patch tears away		the patch tears away		he will tear the new,
	from the garment,		from it,
			the new		and the piece from the new
			from the old,		will not match the old.
	and a worse tear is made.		and a worse tear is made.
17	Neither is new wine put	22	And no one puts new wine	37	And no one puts new wine
	into old wineskins;		into old wineskins;		into old wineskins;
	if it is,		if he does,		if he does,
			the wine will		the new wine will
	the skins burst,		burst the skins,		burst the skins
	and the wine is spilled,		and the wine is lost,		and it will be spilled,
	and the skins are destroyed;		and so are the skins;		and the skins will be destroyed.
	but new wine is put		but new wine is	38	But new wine must be put
	into fresh wineskins,		for fresh skins."		into fresh wineskins.
	and so both are preserved."
				39	And no one
					after drinking old wine
					desires new;
					for he says,
					`The old is good.'"

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
45	Sequence in synoptic outlines