Matthew 9:14
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?”
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.
λέγω
saying;
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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πολύς
many times,
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πολύς
Many, much, great. Polus. Much fruit. Many witnesses. Great grace. God is not stingy. He gives abundantly to those who are connected to the vine.
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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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τότε
Then
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τότε
the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
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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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διά
Because of
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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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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νηστεύω
do fast
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νηστεύω
to abstain from food (religiously)
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