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Source language
Original Greek   
Τότε προσέρχονται αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου λέγοντες· Διὰ τί ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι νηστεύομεν ⸀πολλά, οἱ δὲ μαθηταί σου οὐ νηστεύουσιν;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Tote proserkhontai auto oi mathetai Ioannou legontes* Dia ti emeis kai oi Pharisaioi nesteuomen rpolla, oi de mathetai sou ou nesteuousin;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
tunc accesserunt ad eum discipuli Iohannis dicentes quare nos et Pharisaei ieiunamus frequenter discipuli autem tui non ieiunant

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but your disciples fast not?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
New King James Version   
Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
21st Century King James Version   
Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Thy disciples fast not?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Then the disciples of Yohannan approached him, and they were saying, “Why are we and the Pharisees fasting much, and your disciples are not fasting?”
Darby Bible Translation   
Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
God's Word   
Then John's disciples came to Jesus. They said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often but your disciples never do?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then John's disciples came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
International Standard Version   
Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
NET Bible   
Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
New American Standard Bible   
Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"
New International Version   
Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"
New Living Translation   
One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, "Why don't your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?"
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?
Weymouth New Testament   
At that time John's disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?"
The World English Bible   
Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus. They said to him, ‘We often decide to fast for a time. The disciples of the Pharisees also do that. Why do your disciples never do that?’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'
New Life Version   
Then the followers of John the Baptist came to Jesus. They asked, “Why do we and the proud religious law-keepers many times go without food so we can pray better? But Your followers never go without food so they can pray better.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
The Voice Bible   
And then some of the disciples of John came. John’s Disciples: What’s the story with fasting? We fast and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast!
Living Bible   
One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast as we do and as the Pharisees do?”
New Catholic Bible   
Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast but your disciples do not do so?”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?
Christian Standard Bible   
Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?
New Century Version   
Then the followers of John came to Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast for a certain time, but your followers don’t?”
The Message   
A little later John’s followers approached, asking, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees rigorously discipline body and spirit by fasting, but your followers don’t?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Then John’s disciples came to him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast at all?”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast regularly, · but your disciples do not fast?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
New Matthew Bible   
Then John’s disciples came to him, asking, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?
Good News Translation®   
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?”
Wycliffe Bible   
Then the disciples of John came to him, and said [Then the disciples of John came nigh to him, saying], Why we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
New Testament for Everyone   
Then John’s disciples came to him with a question. “How come,” they asked, “we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples don’t fast at all?”
Contemporary English Version   
Some followers of John the Baptist came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then John’s disciples approached him with the question, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees observe the fasts, but your disciples do nothing of the kind?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’
Common English Bible © 2011   
At that time John’s disciples came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees frequently fast, but your disciples never fast?”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then the disciples of John [the Baptist] came to Jesus, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast [as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?”
New American Standard Bible   
Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
The Expanded Bible   
Then the ·followers [disciples] of John [C the Baptist] came to Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast [C giving up eating for spiritual purposes], but your ·followers [disciples] don’t?”
Tree of Life Version   
Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Revised Standard Version   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
New International Reader's Version   
One day John’s disciples came. They said to Jesus, “We and the Pharisees often go without eating. Why don’t your disciples go without eating?”
BRG Bible   
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Next, Yochanan’s talmidim came to him and asked, “Why is it that we and the P’rushim fast frequently, but your talmidim don’t fast at all?”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Then John's disciples came to Jesus. They said, `We and the Pharisees fast. Why do your disciples not do the same?'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then Yochanan’s talmidim approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Why do we and the Perushim often undergo tzomot (fasts), but your talmidim do not undergo tzomot?
Names of God Bible   
Then John’s disciples came to Yeshua. They said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often but your disciples never do?”
Modern English Version   
Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then the followers of John came to Jesus and said, “We and the Pharisees fast often, but your followers don’t ever fast. Why?”
International Children’s Bible   
Then the followers of John came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, “We and the Pharisees often give up eating. But your followers don’t. Why?”
Lexham English Bible   
Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
New International Version - UK   
Then John’s disciples came and asked him, ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying “For what reason are we and the Pharisees fasting often, but Your disciples are not fasting?”