Matthew 9:15

James Moffatt - New Testament

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

Cross References

Revelation 19:9

Then I was told, "Write this: — 'Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage-banquet of the Lamb!'" The angel also told me, "These are genuine words of God."

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy City, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, all ready like a bride arrayed for her husband.

Acts 14:23

They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.

John 16:6

No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you.

2 Corinthians 11:27

through labour and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, starving many a time, cold and ill-clad, and all the rest of it.

Matthew 9:14

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"

Matthew 9:16

No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, for the patch breaks away from it, and the tear is made worse:

Mark 2:19

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

Mark 2:20

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them; then they will fast, on that day.

Luke 5:34

Jesus said to them, "Can you make friends at a wedding fast while the bride groom is beside them?

Luke 5:35

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast at that time."

Luke 17:22

To his disciples he said, "There will come days when you will long and long in vain to have even one day of the Son of man.