Luke 5:33
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ἐσθίω
eat
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ἐσθίω
To eat, to consume. Man shall not live by bread alone. Physical eating sustains the body. Feeding on God's word sustains the soul.
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πυκνός
often
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πυκνός
clasped (thick), i.e. (figuratively) frequent; neuter plural (as adverb) frequently
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τίς
why
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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Φαρισαῖος
Pharisees,
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Φαρισαῖος
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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ποιέω
make,
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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Ἰωάννης
of John
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Ἰωάννης
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
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πίνω
drink.
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πίνω
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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ἔπω
they said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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νηστεύω
fast
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νηστεύω
to abstain from food (religiously)
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δέησις
prayers
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δέησις
a petition
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ὁμοίως
likewise
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ὁμοίως
similarly
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