Verse 20

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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!”