Mark 2:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 Now when Jesus heard it, he said unto them, The whole have no need of the Physician, but the sick. (A)I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.
18 (B)[a]And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees did fast, and came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John, and of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the marriage chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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- Mark 2:18 The superstitious and hypocrites do rashly put the sum of godliness in things indifferent, and are here for three causes reprehended. First, for that not considering what every man’s strength is able to bear, they rashly make all manner of laws concerning such things, without all discretion.
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