Mark 2:18 meaning and explanation

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

Mark 2:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Mark has just shown Jesus feasting with tax collectors and sinners at Levi's table. Now observers point to two groups known for fasting, John the Baptist's disciples and the Pharisees, and ask why Jesus' disciples do not fast like them.

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