Matthew 9:10-17

International Standard Version

¹⁰ While he was having dinner at Matthew’s^[a] home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹² When Jesus^[b] heard that, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a physician, but sick people do. ¹³ Go and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’^[c] because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”

A Question about Fasting^(A)

¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came to Jesus^[d] and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,^[e] but your disciples don’t fast?”

¹⁵ Jesus asked them, “The wedding guests^[f] can’t mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

The Unshrunk Cloth^(B)

¹⁶ “No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. ¹⁷ Nor do people^[g] pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”