Matthew 9:14
Then the disciples of John [the Baptist] came to Jesus, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast [as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 11:2
Now when
John 3:25
Therefore there arose a controversy between John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to
John 4:1
So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Proverbs 20:6
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty and goodness,
But who can find a faithful and trustworthy man?
Matthew 6:16
Matthew 11:18-19
Mark 2:18-22
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting [as a ritual]; and they came and asked Jesus, “Why are John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but Your disciples are not doing so?”
Luke 5:33-39
Then they said to Him, “The disciples of John [the Baptist] often practice fasting and offer prayers [of special petition], and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but Yours eat and drink.”
Luke 18:9-12
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:
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Why
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty and goodness,
But who can find a faithful and trustworthy man?