Luke 5:34

New American Bible - revised edition

Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:8

I adjure you, Daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my lover What shall you tell him? that I am sick with love.

Song of Solomon 6:1

D Where has your lover gone, most beautiful among women? Where has your lover withdrawn that we may seek him with you?

Isaiah 54:5

For your husband is your Maker; the Lord of hosts is his name, Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the earth.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior, Who will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, Who will sing joyfully because of you,

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 9:15

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

Luke 5:33

And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”

Luke 5:35

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

John 3:29

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; the best man, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made complete.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.