Luke 5:34 - English Majority Text Version 2009

And He said to them, "Can you make the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?

American Standard Version (1901)

And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Common English Bible

Jesus replied, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said to them: "How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast, while the groom is still with them?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

To whom he said: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bridegroom is with them?

Luke 5:34 Cross References

Matthew 22:2

"The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a wedding for his son,

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 5:33

Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

Luke 5:35

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."

John 3:29

"He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy, for I have betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.