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Jesus asked about fasting

Jesus teaches about new life.
Story also available on our translated website: Spanish
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The followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees often went without eating. – Slide 1
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Some people came and asked Jesus, ‘Why do the followers of John and those of the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?’ – Slide 2
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Jesus answered: – Slide 3
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‘The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.’ – Slide 4
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‘But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.’ – Slide 5
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Jesus continued: – Slide 6
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‘No one patches old clothes …’ – Slide 7
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‘… by sewing on a piece of new cloth.’ – Slide 8
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‘The new piece would shrink and tear a bigger hole.’ – Slide 9
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‘No one pours new wine into old wineskins.’ – Slide 10
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‘The wine would swell …’ – Slide 11
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‘… and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined.’ – Slide 12
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‘New wine must be put into new wineskins.’ – Slide 13
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