Mark 2:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Jesus said to them: "How can the sons of the wedding fast while the groom is still with them? During whatever time they have the groom with them, they are not able to fast.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

And he, having called a great crowd of his friends to the feast, agreed to the marriage.

Song of Solomon 6:8

One is my dove, my perfect one. One is her mother; elect is she who bore her. The daughters saw her, and they proclaimed her most blessed. The queens and concubines saw her, and they praised her.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them: "How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.

Mark 2:18

And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting. And they arrived and said to him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

Mark 2:20

But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they shall fast, in those days.