 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.  The Quarterly Review - Page 4141831Full view - About this book
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.), George Wilkinson - 1850 - 394 pages
...Eph. ii. 9. LECTURE V. THE DISCIPLES EXCUSED FROM FASTING. MATT. ix. 14 — 17. 14. " Then came to Him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples • fast not?" IT appeared strange to men who had been accustomed to attach great value to austerities and outward... | |
 | Isaac Williams - Bible - 1850 - 528 pages
...sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? u And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is... | |
 | 1850 - 716 pages
...sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 14 1T Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not ? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegoom... | |
 | Friedrich Gustav Lisco - 1850 - 410 pages
...incomprehensible difficulty, or rather for the removal of a ground of offence, put to him the question : " Why do we and the pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not ?" To which Jesus, in the first instance, replied, v. 15 : " Can the children of the bride-chamber... | |
 | W. D. Gann - Self-Help - 1950 - 124 pages
...and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. — Matt. 6:16, 18. Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is... | |
 | Hedley F. D. Sparks - Religion - 2000 - 283 pages
...Luke 6 1-5; 11 37-41] 47 Matt. 9 14-17 14 Then come to him the disciples of John [cp. 11 2; 14 12], saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast ' oft, but thy disciples fast not [cp. 12 2; 15 2]? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the... | |
 | David Martyn Lloyd-Jones - Religion - 1971 - 598 pages
...In Matthew 9 we are told that He was asked a question specifically about fasting. They said to Him, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is... | |
 | E. Keith Howick - Bible - 2003 - 300 pages
...had given them. In God's eyes, all men have an equal opportunity to enter his kingdom. Question Two "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?" Matthew 9:14-17 14. Then came to him the 16. No man putteth a disciples of John, saying, piece of new... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1963 - 388 pages
...Pharisees, "Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?" and that of the disciples of John, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?" There is a companionship with sinners which confirms them in their sin — this must be avoided. There... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - Bibles - 1992 - 834 pages
...sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 14 II Then came to him wer at all against me. except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto 15 And Jesus said unto them. Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom... | |
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