Luke 5:34

34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

Luke 5:34 in Other Translations

KJV
34 And he said unto them,Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
ESV
34 And Jesus said to them, "Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
NLT
34 Jesus responded, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not.
MSG
34 Jesus said, "When you're celebrating a wedding, you don't skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. Later you may need to pull in your belt, but this isn't the time. As long as the bride and groom are with you, you have a good time.
CSB
34 Jesus said to them, "You can't make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

Luke 5:34 In-Context

32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”
36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

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