Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Bible References
Why
Matthew 6:16
And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 11:18
For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?
Mark 2:18
And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Luke 5:33
And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?
Luke 18:9
And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable: