Mark 2:19

Plain English Version

Jesus said to them, “At a wedding ceremony everybody is happy, and they all eat food together with the man that is getting married. It’s the same way for my followers. I’m still here, so they are happy and don’t need to stop eating food. Not yet.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

Then Laban made a wedding party. He got all the people that lived in that place to come to that wedding party, and he gave them lots of good food.

Mark 2:18

The mob called Pharisees, that were strong for the Jewish law, they sometimes stopped eating food for a while to show God that they respected him. The followers of John the Baptiser did the same. Some people went to Jesus and asked him, “How come your followers don’t stop eating food to show God that you respect him, you know, just like the Pharisee mob and John’s followers do?”

Mark 2:20

One day, my enemies will take me away, then my followers will be sad, and they will stop eating food.”