Mark 2:19

New Living Translation

Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.

Psalm 45:14

In her beautiful robes, she is led to the king, accompanied by her bridesmaids.

Song of Solomon 6:8

Even among sixty queens and eighty concubines and countless young women,

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.

Mark 2:18

Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”

Mark 2:20

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