Luke 5:35

"But there is coming a day when the Bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then at that time they will fast."

Montgomery New Testament

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

34"Can you make the bridal party fast," he asked, while the bridegroom is still with them?

36He also told them a parable. "No one," he said, "tears a piece from a new garment, and patches it upon an old one; otherwise he will tear the new garment, and the patch from the new will not mend the old.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:17"But when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,

Luke 24:17And he said to them, "What words are these that you are exchanging one with another, as you walk along?"

John 13:33"My little children, I am only to be with you a little longer. You will seek me; just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.

John 16:4"But I have told you these things, that when the time comes you may remember that I told you about them, myself. I did not, however, speak of these things at first, because I was with you.

John 16:28"I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. again, I am leaving the world, and 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 →

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