Mark 2:20

But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast, in that day.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

19Jesus said to them: Can the guests of the nuptial chamber fast so long as the bridegroom is with them? No.

21No one taketh a patch of new cloth and seweth it upon an old garment, lest the supplemental new should take from the old, and the rent become the greater.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:31Then said Jesus to them: Ye will all be offended in me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be dispersed.

John 3:29He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full.

John 12:8For the poor are always with you, but I am not with you always.

John 16:7But I tell you the truth, that it is profitable for you that I go away; for, if I go not 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 →

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