Luke 5:34
King James Version (KJV)
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
In context
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
Luke 5:34 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he said unto them, 'Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber — in the bridegroom being with them — to fast?
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?