Mark 2:18-20

A Question About Fasting

18 Now ¹John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, ²“Why do John’s disciples and ³the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? ”

19 And Jesus said to them, ⁴“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 ⁵The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ⁶then they will fast in that day.

Cross References

• 1. 2:18 Matt. 11:2; 14:12; Luke 11:1; John 1:35; 3:25; 4:1; [Acts 18:25; 19:3]
• 2. 2:18 [ch. 7:5]
• 3. 2:18 Luke 18:12
• 4. 2:19 John 3:29
• 5. 2:20 See Luke 17:22
• 6. 2:20 [John 16:20]