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Luke 5:31-33
New King James Version
Luke 5:31-33
New King James Version
31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (A)I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting(B)
33 Then they said to Him, (C)“Why[a] do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”
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- Luke 5:33 NU omits Why do, making the verse a statement
Luke 5:31-33
New International Version
Luke 5:31-33
New International Version
31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(A)
Jesus Questioned About Fasting(B)
33 They said to him, “John’s disciples(C) often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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