Luke 5:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests 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

Song of Solomon 5:8

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.

Song of Solomon 6:1

Whither has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Whither has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son,

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 5:33

And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”

Luke 5:35

The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.”

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; therefore this joy of mine is now full.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.