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33 And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” 34 [a]Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests[b] fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

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Footnotes

  1. 5:34–35 See notes on Mt 9:15 and Mk 2:19.
  2. 5:34 Wedding guests: literally, “sons of the bridal chamber.”