Luke 5:34 - The Scriptures 2009

³⁴ And He said to them, “Are you able to make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ And Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Common English Bible

³⁴ Jesus replied, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ 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

³⁴ 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 have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, If you find my beloved, That you inform him that I am faint with love!

Song of Solomon 6:1

“Where has your beloved gone, O beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? Let us seek him with you.”

Isaiah 54:5

“For your Maker is your husband, יהוה of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl is your Redeemer. He is called the Elohim of all the earth.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a maiden, so shall your sons marry you. And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your Elohim rejoice over you.

Zephaniah 3:17

“יהוה your Elohim in your midst, is mighty to save. He rejoices over you with joy, He is silent in His love, He rejoices over you with singing.”

Matthew 22:2

“The reign of the heavens is like a man, a sovereign, who made a wedding feast for his son,

Matthew 9:15

And יהושע said to them, “Are the friends of the bridegroom able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days shall come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

Luke 5:33

And they said to Him, “Why do the taught ones of Yoḥanan fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”

Luke 5:35

But days shall come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they shall fast in those days.

John 3:29

“He that 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. So this joy of mine is complete.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous for you with a jealousy according to Elohim. For I gave you in marriage to one husband, to present you as an innocent maiden to Messiah.