Mark 2:19

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

Psalm 45:14

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.

Song of Solomon 6:8

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

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 2:18

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Mark 2:20

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.