Mark 2:19

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Yeshua said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.

Cross References

Genesis 29:22

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

Psalm 45:14

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Matthew 9:15

Yeshua said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 2:18

Yochanan’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do Yochanan’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Mark 2:20

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