Mark 2:19

A Conservative Version

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them. As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Psalm 45:14

She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot 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.

Mark 2:18

And John's disciples and those of the Pharisees were fasting. And they come and say to him, Why do John's disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but the disciples with you do not fast?

Mark 2:20

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