Matthew 9:15

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Matthew 9:14

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Matthew 9:16

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

Mark 2:19

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.

Mark 2:20

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

Luke 17:22

Then he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Luke 5:34

So Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

Luke 5:35

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

John 16:6

Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

John 3:29

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

Acts 14:23

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

Revelation 19:9

Then the angel said to me, “Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.