Luke 5:35

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

34And He said to them, Whether are you able to make the sons of the bridechamber to fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

36He also spoke a parable to them; Let no one put a piece of new cloth on an old garment; lest the new shall tear it, and the piece from the new will not fit the old.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:17But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Luke 24:17And He said to them, What speeches are these which you are interchanging to one another, walking along? And they stood still, looking sad.

John 13:33Children, I am still with you. You shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Whither I go, you are not able to come; and now I say to you.

John 16:4But I have spoken these things to you, that when the hour may come, you may remember them, that I did say them to you. But I said not these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

John 16:28I came out from the Father, and have come into the world: again, I 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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