Luke 5:34
World English Bible (WEB)
He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
In context
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
33 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?”
34 He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”
36 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.
Luke 5:34 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
- KJV King James Version
- And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber 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?