Matthew 9:14

Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

Matthew 11:2

Now [when] John heard in prison the deeds of Christ, he sent [word] by his disciples

John 3:25

So a dispute occurred on the part of John's disciples with a Jew concerning purification.

John 4:1

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Proverbs 20:6

Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find?

"Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

Matthew 11:18-19

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

Mark 2:18-22

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and said to him, "{Why} do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

Luke 5:33-39

And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and make prayers--likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees--but yours are eating and drinking!"

Luke 18:9-12

And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}:

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