Luke 5:34

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus said to them, “At a wedding you can’t ask the friends of the bridegroom to be sad and fast while he is still with them.

Cross References

John 3:29

The bride always belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who helps the bridegroom just waits and listens. He is happy just to hear the bridegroom talk. That’s how I feel now. I am so happy that he is here.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. He must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride.

Matthew 22:2

“God’s kingdom is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you. He is like a powerful soldier. He will save you. He will show how much he loves you and how happy he is with you. He will laugh and be happy about you,

Isaiah 62:5

As a young man takes a bride and she belongs to him, so your land will belong to your children. As a man is happy with his new wife, so your God will be happy with you.

Isaiah 54:5

Your real husband is the one who made you. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is your Protector, and he is the God of all the earth!

Song of Solomon 6:1

Beautiful woman, where has your lover gone? Which way did your lover go? Tell us so that we can help you look for him.

Song of Solomon 5:8

I tell you, women of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.

Luke 5:33

They said to Jesus, “John’s followers often fast and pray, the same as the followers of the Pharisees. But your followers eat and drink all the time.”

Luke 5:35

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then his friends will fast.”