Mark 2:19

New American Bible - revised edition

Jesus answered 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

So Laban invited all the local inhabitants and gave a banquet.

Psalm 45:14

All glorious is the king’s daughter as she enters, her raiment threaded with gold;

Song of Solomon 6:8

Sixty are the queens, eighty the concubines, and young women without number—

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.

Mark 2:18

The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to him and objected, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Mark 2:20

But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.