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Mark 2:20

Fasting

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?”

19 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.

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.

22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

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BSB
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
KJV
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
WEB
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
ASV
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
DARBY
But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.
BLB
But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
ÅB
Men de dager skal komme da brudgommen blir tatt fra dem, og da skal de faste, på den dag.
OTB
Men dagene skal komme da brudgommen blir tatt fra dem, og da skal de faste på den dagen.
B1930
Men de dager skal komme da brudgommen blir tatt fra dem, og da skal de faste, på den dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 17:22

    Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

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  • Revelation 21:9

    Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

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  • Isaiah 62:5

    For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

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  • Revelation 19:7

    Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.

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  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

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  • Isaiah 54:5

    For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:2

    I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

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  • Song of Solomon 3:11

    Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

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