Luke 5:34

And he said to them: Ye cannot make the guests of the nuptial chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

In Context

33And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and pray, and also those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

35But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken up from them, and then will they fast, in those days.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:1Then may the kingdom of heaven be shadowed forth by ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and bride.

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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