² και G2532 CONJ συνηχθησαν G4863 G5681 V-API-3P προς G4314 P EP αυτον G846 P-ASM οχλοι G3793 N-NPM πολλοι G4183 A-NPM ωστε G5620 CONJ αυτον G846 P-ASM εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN πλοιον G4143 N-ASN εμβαντα G1684 G5631 V-2AAP-ASM καθησθαι G2521 G5738 V-PNN και G2532 CONJ πας G3956 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM οχλος G3793 N-NSM επι G1909 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM αιγιαλον G123 N-ASM ειστηκει G2476 G5715 V-LAI-3S

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."