20But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.


In Context

17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?"

19 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."

Mark 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; and then they shall fast in those days.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast — in those days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.