Matthew 9:15

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Summary

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Can

And then

General references

Matthew 22:1

Bible References

Can

"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now full.

Then the angel said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true words of God."

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And then

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

General references

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: