Luke 5:34

Good News Translation

Jesus answered, “Do you think you can make the guests at a wedding party go without food as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not!

Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:8

Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that if you find my lover, you will tell him I am weak from passion.

Song of Solomon 6:1

Most beautiful of women, where has your lover gone? Tell us which way your lover went, so that we can help you find him.

Isaiah 54:5

Your Creator will be like a husband to you— the Lord Almighty is his name. The holy God of Israel will save you— he is the ruler of all the world.

Isaiah 62:5

Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, He who formed you will marry you. As a groom is delighted with his bride, So your God will delight in you.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you; his power gives you victory. The Lord will take delight in you, and in his love he will give you new life. He will sing and be joyful over you,

Matthew 22:2

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 5:33

Some people said to Jesus, “The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but your disciples eat and drink.”

Luke 5:35

But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

John 3:29

The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you, just as God is; you are like a pure virgin whom I have promised in marriage to one man only, Christ himself.