Mark 2:19

First Nations Version

“Do you expect wedding guests to be sad and go without eating when the groom is hosting a feast?” he answered. “No! As long as the groom is there with them, they will feast!

Cross References

Matthew 9:15

“Do you expect wedding guests to be sad and go without eating when the groom is hosting a feast?” he asked. “The time will come when he is gone. Then they will be sad and go without eating.

Mark 2:18

Some of the followers of Gift of Goodwill (John) and the Separated Ones (Pharisees) were ceremonially going without food, so they came to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Why do your followers feast,” they questioned him, “instead of going without food and praying often like we do?”

Mark 2:20

But the time will come when he is taken from them. Then they will be sad and go without eating.” They still did not understand, so he gave them a wise saying.