Luke 5:34

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus told them, “The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:8

Young women of Jerusalem, if you find the one I love, please say to him, “She is weak with desire.”

Song of Solomon 6:1

Most beautiful of women, tell us where he has gone. Let us help you find him.

Isaiah 54:5

The LORD All-Powerful, the Holy God of Israel, rules all the earth. He is your Creator and husband, and he will rescue you.

Isaiah 62:5

Your people will take the land, just as a young man takes a bride. The LORD will be pleased because of you, just as a husband is pleased with his bride.

Zephaniah 3:17

The LORD your God wins victory after victory and is always with you. He celebrates and sings because of you, and he will refresh your life with his love.”

Matthew 22:2

The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a king gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered: The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them. But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.

Luke 5:33

Some people said to Jesus, “John's followers often pray and go without eating, and so do the followers of the Pharisees. But your disciples never go without eating or drinking.”

Luke 5:35

But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.”

John 3:29

At a wedding the groom is the one who gets married. The best man is glad just to be there and to hear the groom's voice. That's why I am so glad.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am as concerned about you as God is. You were like a virgin bride I had chosen only for Christ.