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The Book of Luke, Chapter 5, Verse 34

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And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
King James Version
And he said unto them, ‹Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?›
American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
New English Translation
Jesus answered them,“Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry–
World English Bible
He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35
‹But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.›
36
And he spake also a parable unto them; ‹No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was› [taken] ‹out of the new agreeth not with the old.›
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‹And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.›
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‹But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.›
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‹No man also having drunk old› [wine] ‹straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.›
1
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.
2
And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3
And Jesus answering them said, ‹Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;›
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‹How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?›
5
And he said unto them, ‹That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.›