Matthew 9:15

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the nuptial chamber cannot mourn inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them; but the days shall come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

And the Lord Jehovah of armies in that day will call to weeping and to wailing, and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:

Matthew 9:14

Then came to him the disciples of John; saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?

Matthew 9:16

And no one puts on a cover of uncombed fragment upon an old garment, for its filling takes away from the garment, and the division is Worse.

Mark 2:19

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the nuptial-chamber, in which the bridegroom is with them, fast? as much time as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Mark 2:20

And the days shall come when the bridegroom should he taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Luke 17:22

And he said to the disciples, The days come when ye shall eagerly desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see.

Luke 5:34

And he said to them, Ye cannot make the sons of the nuptial-chamber fast, when the bridegroom is with them.

Luke 5:35

But the days will come also, when the bridegroom shall be carried away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

John 16:6

But because I have spoken these to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

John 3:29

He having the bride is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy for the bridegroom's voice: therefore this my joy has been completed.

Acts 14:23

And having chosen them elders in the church, having prayed with fasting, they set them before the Lord, in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Deprive ye not one another, except somewhat of an agreement for a time, that ye might have leisure for fasting and prayer; and again upon the same ye might come together, lest Satan tempt you for your want of self command.

2 Corinthians 11:27

In fatigue and toil, in watchfulnesses often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Revelation 19:9

And he says to me, Write, Happy they called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.

Revelation 21:2

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.