Basil of Caesarea, on Luke 5:33

“And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thine eat and drink?”

“The children of the Bridegroom also cannot fast, i. e. refuse nourishment to the soul, but live on every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.