Matthew 9:14 (WEB)
Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.18Conference XXI
“But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; and then shall they fast;” words which although they were spoken before the resurrection of His Body, yet specially point to the season of Eastertide, in which after His resurrection for…” — editor's note: S. Matt. ix. 14, 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Matthew, accordingly, goes on to say: “And it came to pass, as He sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and His disciples;” and so on, down to where we read, “But they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.”” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 10–17.
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John Chrysostom
“And again they appear bringing a charge against him; “Why do we fast, but thy disciples fast not?” ( Matt. ix. 14.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wherefore they come to Jesus, and say, “Why do thy disciples fast not?” ( Matt. ix. 14.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And Luke indeed affirms that the Pharisees said it, but this evangelist, that it was the disciples of John;but it is likely that both said it.” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. ix. 14; Luke v. 33, &c., and Mark ii. 18, &c.
Read the whole comment“And again they came unto Him, and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but Thy disciples fast not?”” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 14.
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Tertullian
“At all events, in the Gospel they think that those days were definitely appointed for fasts in which “the Bridegroom was taken away;” and that these are now the only legitimate days for Christian fasts, the legal and prophetical antiquities having been abolished: for wherever it suits their…” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 14, 15; Mark ii. 18–20; Luke v. 33–35.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…you who are dead because of your heresy), and driving out demons, sometimes Himself, sometimes by his disciples; and feeding vast multitudes with a few loaves; and walking dryshod upon seas; and being betrayed and crucified, and crucifying with Himself my sin; offered as a Lamb, and offering as a Priest; as a Man…” — editor's note: Ib. ix. 14.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
When He had replied to them respecting eating and converse with sinners, they next assault Him on the matter of food; “Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy…
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O boastful enquiry and ostentation of fasting much to be blamed, nor can John’s disciples be excused for their taking part with the Pharisees who they knew had been condemned by John, and for bringing a false…
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What they say come to this, Be it that you do this as Physician of souls, but why do your disciples neglect fasting and approach such tables? And to augment the weight of their charge by comparison, they put…
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For John drank neither wine, nor strong drink, increasing his merit by abstinence, because he had no power over nature. But the Lord who has power to forgive sins, why should He shun sinners that eat, since He has…
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Through Matthew mentions only the disciples of John as having made this enquiry, the words of Mark rather seem to imply that some other persons spoke of others, that is, the guests spoke concerning the disciples of…
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Or; Luke relates that the Pharisees, but Matthew that the disciples of John, said thus, because the Pharisees had taken them with them to ask the question, as they afterwards did the Herodians. Observe how when…
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Christ is the Bridegroom and the Church the Bride. Of this spiritual union the Apostles were born; they cannot mourn so long as they see the Bridegroom in the chamber with the Bride. But when the nuptials are past,…
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He means thus; The present is a time of joy and rejoicing; sorrow is therefore not to be now brought forward; and fasting is naturally grievous, and to all those that are yet weak; for to those that seek to…
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Hence some think that a fast ought to follow the forty days of Passion, although the day of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit immediately bring back our joy and festival. From this text accordingly,…
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Here again He confirms what He has said by examples of common things; “No man putteth a patch of undressed cloth into an old garment; for it taketh away its wholeness from the garment, and the rent is made worse;”…
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By the old garment He means His disciples, who had not yet been renewed in all things. The patch of undressed, that is, of new cloth, means the new grace, that is, the Gospel doctrine, of which fasting is a portion;…
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As much as to say, An undressed patch, that is, a new one, ought not to be put into an old garment, because it often takes away from the garment its wholeness, that is, its perfection, and then the rent is made…
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After two comparisons made, that of the wedding, and that of the undressed cloth, He adds a third concerning wine skins; “Neither do men put new wine into old skins.” By the old skins He means His disciples, who were…
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Herein He also shews us the cause of those condescending words which He often addressed to them because of their weakness.
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Otherwise; By the “old garment,” and “old skins,” we must understand the Scribes and Pharisees; and by the “piece of new cloth,” and “new wine,” the Gospel precepts, which the Jews were not able to bear; so “the rent…
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This shews that the Apostles being hereafter to be replenished with newness of grace, ought not now to be bound to the old observances.
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Otherwise; Everyone who rightly fasts, either humbles his soul in the groaning of prayer, and bodily chastisement, or suspends the motion of carnal desire by the joys of spiritual meditation. And the Lord here makes…
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That Matthew writes here “mourn,” where Mark and Luke write “fast,” shews that the Lord spake of that kind of fasting which pertains to humbling one’s self in chastisement; as in the following comparisons He may be…
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Figuratively, this His answer, that while the Bridegroom was present with them, His disciples needed not to fast, teaches us the joy of His presence, and the sacrament of the holy food, which none shall lack, while…
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Or, when He has departed from us for our sins, then is a fast to be proclaimed, then is mourning to be put on.
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By these examples He shews that neither our souls nor bodies, being so weakened by inveteracy of sin, are capable of the sacraments of the new grace.
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The different comparisons all refer to the same thing, and yet are they different; the garment by which we are covered abroad signifies our good works, which we perform when we are abroad; the wine with which we are…
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 9:14–17 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 9:14–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 9:14–17 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 9:14–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 28.