Mark 2:19

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

Psalm 45:14

She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

Mark 2:18

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

Mark 2:20

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.