Luke 5:34

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Luke 5:34

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

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KJV

King James Version

And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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WEB

World English Bible

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And Jesus said to them, “Are you⁺ able to make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 5

³² I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

³³ Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

³⁴ Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

³⁵ But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

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

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