Mark 2:20

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 45:11

Your beauty will make the king desire you; he is your master, so you must obey him.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, on the day of his gladness and joy.

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.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord Almighty says, “Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night all of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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.

Mark 2:19

Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that.

Mark 2:21

“No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch up an old coat, because the new patch will shrink and tear off some of the old cloth, making an even bigger hole.

Luke 17:22

Then he said to the disciples, “The time will come when you will wish you could see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

Luke 5:35

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

John 12:8

You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.”

John 13:33

My children, I shall not be with you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the Jewish authorities, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’

John 16:28

I did come from the Father, and I came into the world; and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

John 16:7

But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you.

John 17:11

And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.

John 17:13

And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.

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.

Acts 1:9

After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Acts 14:23

In each church they appointed elders, and with prayers and fasting they commended them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

Acts 3:21

He must remain in heaven until the time comes for all things to be made new, as God announced through his holy prophets of long ago.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer; but then resume normal marital relations. In this way you will be kept from giving in to Satan's temptation because of your lack of self-control.

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.

2 Corinthians 11:27

There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.

2 Corinthians 6:5

We have been beaten, jailed, and mobbed; we have been overworked and have gone without sleep or food.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad; let us praise his greatness! For the time has come for the wedding of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself for it.

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said, “Come, and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”