Matthew 9:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests   be sad while the groom is with them? The time   will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Cross References

Revelation 19:9

Then he  said to me,  ‘Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast  of the Lamb! ’ He also said to me, ‘These words of God are true.’

John 3:29

He who has the bride  is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly  at the groom’s voice. So this joy  of mine is complete.

Revelation 21:2

I also saw the holy city,  the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,  prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

Acts 14:23

When they had appointed elders  for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive  one another #– #except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to  prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

John 16:6

Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord God of Armies called for weeping,  for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.

2 Corinthians 11:27

toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.

Matthew 9:14

Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast? ’

Matthew 9:16

No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.

Mark 2:19

Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom   is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

Mark 2:20

But the time   will come   when the groom will be taken away from them,   and then they will fast   on that day.

Luke 5:34

Jesus said to them, ‘You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

Luke 5:35

But the time   will come   when the groom will be taken away from them #– #then they will fast in those days.’

Luke 17:22

Then he told the disciples, ‘The days are coming   when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.