⁴⁸ ην G3739 -ASF οτε G3753 ADV επληρωθη G4137 G5681 V-API-3S αναβιβασαντες G307 G5660 V-AAP-NPM επι G1909 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM αιγιαλον G123 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ καθισαντες G2523 G5660 V-AAP-NPM συνελεξαν G4816 G5656 V-AAI-3P τα G3588 T-APN καλα G2570 A-APN εις G1519 P EP αγγεια G30 N-APN τα G3588 T-APN δε G1161 CONJ σαπρα G4550 A-APN εξω G1854 ADV εβαλον G906 G5627 V-2AAI-3P

¹⁴ Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

¹⁶ No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

¹⁷ Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."