Luke 5:34

New Living Translation

Jesus responded, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 5:8

Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.

Song of Solomon 6:1

Where has your lover gone, O woman of rare beauty? Which way did he turn so we can help you find him?

Isaiah 54:5

For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.

Isaiah 62:5

Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

Zephaniah 3:17

For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”

Matthew 22:2

“The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 5:33

One day some people said to Jesus, “John the Baptist’s disciples fast and pray regularly, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why are your disciples always eating and drinking?”

Luke 5:35

But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

John 3:29

It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband—Christ.