Matthew 9:15
“And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Matthew 9:15 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Jesus answered: “Can the groom’s friends mourn as long as the groom is with them? But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Können etwa die Gefährten des Bräutigams trauern, so lange der Bräutigam bei ihnen ist? Es werden aber Tage kommen, da der Bräutigam von ihnen weggenommen sein wird, und dann werden sie fasten.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y Jesús les dijo: ¿Pueden los que son de bodas tener luto entre tanto que el esposo está con ellos? mas vendrán días cuando el esposo será quitado de ellos, y entonces ayunarán.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E Jesus lhes respondeu: Podem, por acaso, os convidados do casamento andar tristes enquanto o noivo está com eles? Mas dias virão, quando o noivo lhes for tirado, e então jejuarão.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Jesus disse-lhes: "Podem os convidados de um casamento ficarem tristes enquanto o noivo ainda está com eles? Mas virão os dias em que o noivo será tirado deles, e então eles jejuarão.
📖 Matthew 9:15 in Context
13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
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