Mark 2:19
17 On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
- KJV
- And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
- WEB
- Jesus 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.
- ASV
- And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
- DARBY
- And Jesus said to 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.
- BLB
- And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bridechamber able to fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast.
- ÅB
- Og Jesus sa til dem: Kan vel brudesvennene faste så lenge brudgommen er hos dem? Så lenge de har brudgommen hos seg, kan de ikke faste.
- OTB
- Jesus svarte: "Kan brudgommens gjester faste mens han er med dem? Så lenge de har ham hos seg, kan de ikke faste.
- B1930
- Og Jesus sa til dem: Kan vel brudesvennene faste så lenge brudgommen er hos dem? Så lenge de har brudgommen hos sig, kan de ikke faste.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 25:1–10
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Read in contextGenesis 29:22
So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
Read in contextJudges 14:10–11
Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
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