Luke 5:34
“And he said vnto them, Can yee make the children of the Bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegrome is with them?”
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Luke 5:34 Context
32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 33¶ And they said vnto him, Why doe the disciples of Iohn fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees: but thine eat and drinke? 34And he said vnto them, Can yee make the children of the Bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegrome is with them? 35But the dayes will come, when the Bridegrome shall bee taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those dayes. 36¶ And he spake also a parable vnto them, No man putteth a piece of a newe garment vpon an olde: if otherwise, then both the newe maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new, agreeth not with the olde.
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Other Translations for Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- King James Version
And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
- Basic English Bible
And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?
- Darby Bible
And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- Webster's Bible
Can you compel the bridal party to fast, replied Jesus, "so long as they have the bridegroom among them?
- Weymouth Bible
He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- World English Bible
To whiche he seide, Whether ye moun make the sones of the spouse to faste, while the spouse is with hem?
- Wycliffe Bible
And he said unto them, `Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them -- to fast?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 5:34
5:34 Can ye make - That is, is it proper to make men fast and mourn, during a festival solemnity?