Luke 5:34 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 5:34

32 ^aI have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting

33 Then they said to Him, ^a“Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”

34 And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the ^abridegroom 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 ^aThen He spoke a parable to them: “No one¹ puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.

37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.

Verse Comparison: Luke 5:34

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American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Amplified® Bible
And Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told them, "The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.

Darby English Version
And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

Good News Bible
Jesus answered, "Do you think you can make the guests at a wedding party go without food as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not!

International Standard Version
But Jesus said to them, "You can't force the wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them, can you?

King James Version
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

New International Version
Jesus answered, "Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

New King James Version
And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom remains with them, can you?

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?

New English Translation
So¹ Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests² fast while the bridegroom³ is with them, can you?⁴

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