A Question About Fasting

14 ^xThen the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast,¹ but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the ^ybridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

12 I ^ffast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’