Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? A different questioner with a related question: John's disciples and the Pharisees both practice regular fasting; Jesus' disciples do not. The question comes from a different place than the Pharisaic objection — John's disciples are genuinely curious rather than accusatory. Their question reflects the real discontinuity between John's movement and Jesus' movement: John's was a movement of preparation and mourning; Jesus' is a movement of fulfillment and celebration.

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