Matthew 9:12-14

New International Version - UK

¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”^[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’

Jesus questioned about fasting

¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came and asked him, ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’