Matthew 9:15

Webster Bible (1833)

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

Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Matthew 9:14

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?

Matthew 9:16

No man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Mark 2:19

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

Mark 2:20

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

Luke 17:22

And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the son of man, and ye shall not see it.

Luke 5:34

And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Luke 5:35

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

John 16:6

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

John 3:29

He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Acts 14:23

And when they had ordained for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your incontinence.

2 Corinthians 11:27

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Revelation 19:9

And he saith to me, Write, Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true sayings of God.

Revelation 21:2

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.