Matthew 9:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² Jesus heard them and answered, “People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. ^13 (A)Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”

The Question about Fasting^(B)

¹⁴ Then the followers of John the Baptist came to Jesus, asking, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast at all?”