¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, “Can ^(A)the ^[a]friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and ^(B)then they will fast.

²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be ^(A)taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.

³⁵ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”

⁶ whom they set before the apostles; and ^(A)when they had prayed, ^(B)they laid hands on them.