Luke 5:35

But the days will come – a time when the groom will be taken away from them; and they will fast then, when those days come.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

34But Jesus answered them, “Can you make the groom’s friends fast while the groom is with them?

36Then, as an illustration, Jesus said to them, “No one ever tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; for, if they do, they will not only tear the new garment, but the piece from the new one will not match the old.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:17But, when one of you fasts, they should anoint their head and wash their face,

Luke 24:17“What is this that you are saying to each other as you walk along?” Jesus asked. They stopped, with sad looks on their faces,

John 13:33My children, I am to be with you but a little while longer. You will look for me; and what I said to the people – ‘You cannot come where I am going’ – I now say to you.

John 16:4But I have spoken to you of these things so that, when the time for them comes, you may remember that I told you about them myself.

John 16:28I came out from the Father, and have come into the world; and now I am to leave the world, and go 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 →

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