Luke 5:34 “Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while H…”

Luke 5:34

Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

American Standard Version

And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Geneva Bible 1599

And he said vnto them, Can ye make the children of the wedding chamber to fast, as long as the bridegrome is with them?

Darby Translation

And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

Young's Literal Translation

And he said unto them, 'Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber — in the bridegroom being with them — to fast?

Bible in Basic English

And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

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Cross references

“the children”

Matthew 25:1–10 Revelation 19:7–9 Song of Solomon 5:8 Song of Solomon 6:1 Judges 14:10 Judges 14:11

Matthew 25:1–10 · BSB

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Revelation 19:7–9 · BSB

Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.

Song of Solomon 5:8 · BSB

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

Song of Solomon 6:1 · BSB

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.

Judges 14:10 · BSB

Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.

Judges 14:11 · BSB

And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.

“bridegroom”

John 3:29 Psalm 45:10–16 Isaiah 54:5 Isaiah 62:5 Zephaniah 3:17 2 Corinthians 11:2

John 3:29 · BSB

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Psalm 45:10–16 · BSB

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Isaiah 54:5 · BSB

For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

Isaiah 62:5 · BSB

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Zephaniah 3:17 · BSB

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

2 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

35But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

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