Mark 2:19

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Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.'

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  • Gen 29:22 : 22 So Laban gathered all the men of the place and held a feast.
  • Judg 14:10-11 : 10 His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for young men. 11 When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
  • Matt 25:1-9 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 But the wise ones took oil in their flasks along with their lamps. 5 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 10 While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
  • Ps 45:14 : 14 The royal daughter is glorious within; her clothing is interwoven with gold.
  • Song 6:8 : 8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and uncountable young women.

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  • Matt 9:14-17
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    14Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

    15Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'

    16No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

    17Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

  • Luke 5:33-37
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    93%

    33Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

    34Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

    35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.

    36Then He told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new garment will be torn, and the patch from the new will not match the old."

    37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill out, and the skins will be ruined.

  • Mark 2:20-22
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    20'But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.'

    21'No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.'

    22'And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.'

  • Mark 2:18
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    18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?

  • John 3:29
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    29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is now complete.

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    34Jesus replied to them, 'The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

  • Luke 7:32-34
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    32'They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep."'

    33'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon!"'

    34'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'

  • John 2:2
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    2Jesus and His disciples were also invited to the wedding.

  • Matt 11:16-19
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    16To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:

    17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.

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  • Matt 22:1-3
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    1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    3He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

  • Matt 6:16-17
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    16When you fast, do not look somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

    17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

  • Matt 25:5-6
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    5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

    6At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

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    10While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

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    8Then He told them, 'Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.' So they did.

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    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Isa 58:3
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    3Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

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    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

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    39'We can,' they answered. Jesus said to them, 'You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,

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    16Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?”

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    66%

    8Do not enter a house where feasting is taking place to sit with them, to eat and drink.

    9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to silence in this place—in your sight and in your days—the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride.

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    29I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine now until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."

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    32Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint on the way.”

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    21'However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.'

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    18For I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.

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    20Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’

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    3He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

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    16Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her wedding canopy.