John Gill Commentary Mark 2:18

"And John`s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John`s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?" — Mark 2:18 (ASV)

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast Or "were fasting"; perhaps that very day, and so were the more displeased at this entertainment, Matthew had made for Christ and his disciples, and at their being at it; or fasting was usual with them: they fasted often, both John's disciples, and the disciples of the Pharisees, or the Pharisees themselves; so the Vulgate Latin reads: of their frequent fasting, (See Gill on Matthew 9:14),

and they came : both the disciples of John, (Matthew 9:14) , and the Scribes and Pharisees, (Luke 5:30Luke 5:33) ,

and say unto him, why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? (See Gill on Matthew 9:14).