Luke 5:35
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
34And He said to them, “Can you make the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?
Cross References
Matthew 6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Luke 24:17And He said to them, “What are these words which you are exchanging with one another as you walk, and you have a gloomy look?”
John 13:33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.
John 16:4But these things I have spoken to you, so that when the time comes, you may remember them, that I told you. But these things I did not say to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 1 The Work of the Holy Spirit
John 16:28I came forth from the Father and I have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 5:28-39
The Call of Matthew; Watchfulness Inculcated. 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering… Read the whole commentary →