Mark 2:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.

Psalm 45:14

in many-colored robes she is led to the king; behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and maidens without number.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 2:18

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Mark 2:20

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