Jesus answered them, "The wedding guests cannot fast, can they, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. So some people came and asked Him, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples practice fasting, but yours never do?"

And they held that caution fast in their minds, as they continued to discuss among themselves what rising from the dead meant.

But a time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

But a furious squall of wind came up, and the waves were dashing over into the boat, so that it was fast filling.