Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
In other versions
And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
ASV
And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
BBE
And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?
DBY
He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
WEB
And he said unto them, `Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them -- to fast?
YLT
And he said unto them, Can all of you make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
ENG
And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
WBT
Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
BSB
In context
32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33And 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?
34And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36And 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.
