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Matthew 9:14-16
International Children’s Bible
Matthew 9:14-16
International Children’s Bible
Jesus Is Not Like Other Jews
14 Then the followers of John[a] came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, “We and the Pharisees often give up eating.[b] But your followers don’t. Why?”
15 Jesus answered, “The friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. Then his friends are sad, and they will give up eating.
16 “When someone sews a patch over a hole in an old coat, he never uses a piece of cloth that is not yet shrunk. If he does, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse.
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