24 Another man may fast and in the faithlessness of such a task imposed is cursed.
25 You cannot make a bed to fit the form of every man. If you can make a bed to fit yourself you have done well.
26 Why should these men who follow me resort to fasting, or to anything that would impair their strength? They need it all to serve the race.
27 The time will come when God will let you have your way, and you will do to me what Herod did to John;
28 And in the awfulness of that sad hour these men will fast.
29 They who have ears to hear may hear; they who have hearts to feel may understand.
CHAPTER 120.
Nicodemus is at the feast. He asks Jesus, Cannot the Christine religion be introduced more successfully by reforming the Jewish service? Jesus answers in the negative and gives his reasons. Jesus heals a woman with hemorrhages. Heals Jairus’ daughter. Disappears when the people would worship him.
Now, Nicodemus, who once came to Jesus in the night to learn the way of life, was one among the guests.
2 And standing forth he said, Rabboni, it is true that Jewish laws and Jewish practices do not agree.