World English Bible
"He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?"
— Luke 5:34, World English Bible
“And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?”
“And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? ”
“So Jesus said to them,“You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?”
“To whom he said: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast whilst the bridegroom is with them?”
“And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?”
“And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?”
Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"
He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."
He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.