Mark 2:19

Modern English Version

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

Laban gathered together all the men of the place and prepared a feast.

Psalm 45:14

She shall be brought to the king in embroidered robes; the virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and young women without number.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 2:18

Now the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Mark 2:20

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