Mark 2:20
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and in those days, they will fast.
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Song of Solomon 3:11Go out, daughters of Zion, and gaze on King Solomon, 1 bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him 1 on his wedding day, 1 on the day of the joy of his heart.
Isaiah 62:5Truly, as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you, 1 and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, your God will rejoice over you. 1
Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away tonight because of me, for it is written, 1 'I will strike the shepherd 1 and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. Now the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. This, then, is my joy made complete.
John 12:8You will always have the poor with you. But you will not always have me.”
John 16:7But truly I tell you, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28
The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 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. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →