Mark 2:20

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But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

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  • Luke 17:22 : 22 The Coming of the Son of Man Then he said to the disciples,“The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
  • Isa 54:5 : 5 For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”
  • Isa 62:5 : 5 As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
  • Matt 26:31 : 31 The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then Jesus said to them,“This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
  • Ps 45:11 : 11 Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!
  • Song 3:11 : 11 Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!
  • John 3:29 : 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
  • John 7:33-34 : 33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
  • John 12:8 : 8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
  • John 13:33 : 33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
  • John 16:7 : 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
  • John 16:28 : 28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
  • John 17:11 : 11 I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
  • John 17:13 : 13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.
  • Acts 1:9 : 9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.
  • Acts 3:21 : 21 This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.
  • Acts 13:2-3 : 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.
  • Acts 14:23 : 23 When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  • 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
  • Rev 19:7 : 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
  • Rev 21:9 : 9 The New Jerusalem Descends Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, saying,“Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”

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    33The Superiority of the New Then they said to him,“John’s disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”

    34So Jesus said to them,“You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

    35But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast.”

    36He also told them a parable:“No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

    37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

  • Matt 9:14-16
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    14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

    15Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

    16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

  • Mark 2:18-19
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    18The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

    19Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

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    21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

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    17When you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

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    10But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

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    2“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

    3He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

    4Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’

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    6But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’

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    18For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

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    3They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

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    9For I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’”

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    17Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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    16Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.

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    19Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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    34I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”

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    22because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

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    39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 22:13
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    10I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.

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    16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

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    37For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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    26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

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    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

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    50then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

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    29And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,