19Jesus said to them, |Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.


In Context

16 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, |Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?|

17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, |Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.|

18 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, |Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?|

19 Jesus said to them, |Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.

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

21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.

Mark 2:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:19Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said to them, 'Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridal chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.