Matthew 9:15

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

In that day, the Lord, GOD of Hosts, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

Matthew 9:14

Then Yochanan’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Matthew 9:16

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

Mark 2:19

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.

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.

Luke 17:22

He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Luke 5:34

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

Luke 5:35

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”

John 16:6

But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.

Acts 14:23

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

Revelation 19:9

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Revelation 21:2

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.