They're like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other, "A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by the host.

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