Matthew 9:14

 

Matthew 9:14

(KJV) Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

(1611 KJV) Then came to him the disciples of Iohn, saying, Why doe we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

(1587 Geneva Bible) Then came the disciples of Iohn to him, saying, Why doe we and the Pharises fast oft, and thy disciples fast not?

(1526 Tyndale) Then came ye disciples of Ihon to hym sayinge: why do we and the Pharises fast ofte: but thy disciples fast not?

 

Counterfeit Versions

(AMP) Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?

(ESV) Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

(J B Phillips) Then John’s disciples approached him with the question, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees observe the fasts, but your disciples do nothing of the kind?”

(THE MESSAGE) A little later John’s followers approached, asking, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees rigorously discipline body and spirit by fasting, but your followers don’t?”

(NASV) Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

(NIRV) One day John’s disciples came. They said to Jesus, “We and the Pharisees go without eating. Why don’t your disciples go without eating?”

(1984 NIV - Fixed in 2011 NIV) Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

(NLT) One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”

(RSV) Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

(2010 NAB-Roman Catholic) Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast (much), but your disciples do not fast?”

(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) Then John’s disciples came to him and asked: “Why is it that we and the Pharisees practice fasting but your disciples do not fast?”

 

Textus Receptus - Traditional Text

τοτε προσερχονται αυτω οι μαθηται ιωαννου λεγοντες δια τι ημεις και οι φαρισαιοι νηστευομεν πολλα οι δε μαθηται σου ου νηστευουσιν

 

Hort-Westcott - Critical Text

τοτε προσερχονται αυτω οι μαθηται ιωαννου λεγοντες δια τι ημεις και οι φαρισαιοι νηστευομεν οι δε μαθηται σου ου νηστευουσιν

 

Corrupted Manuscripts

This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century

 

Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this Verse

Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century

L 019 - Seventh century

W 032 - Fourth/fifth century

Theta 038 - Ninth century

1 (Minuscule) - Seventh century

13 (Minuscule) - Eighth century

 

Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions

Omit “oft” after “fast”

Lachmann, Karl - 1842

Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869

Westcott and Hort - 1881

Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941

Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition

Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition

United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition

Weiss, Bernhard - 1894

 

Affected Teaching

Apparently even after John was thrown into prison, some of his disciples had stayed together in a group. (Mark 2:18 KJV) And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? This little feast in Matthew’s house had probably been planned on a day of fasting when both the Pharisees and the disciples of John would fast. The Pharisees would fast on Monday and Thursday. So this even may have occurred on one of those days. The disciples of John had approached Jesus directly on the question of fasting. They wanted to know why they and the Pharisees fast often but His disciples do not fast. It is the difference between freedom in Christ and a religious system. The Pharisees had made fasting a part of the ceremonial law and expected people to keep it. Fasting was voluntary on the part of the believer. The modern versions make it sound like the followers of Jesus never fast, will fast, or have ever fasted.

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