Mark 2:19

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Jesus answered them, Can the wedding guests fast (abstain from food and drink) 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 [with drinking].

Psalm 45:14

She shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You.

Song of Solomon 6:8

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

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 2:18

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were observing a fast; and [some people] came and asked Jesus, Why are John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but Your disciples are not doing so?

Mark 2:20

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and they will fast in that day.