11. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? ”
12. But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.
13. Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
14. Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast? ”
15. Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16. No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.
17. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18. As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”
19. So Jesus and His disciples got up and followed him.