But when you fast, groom your hair and wash your face

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

and because of the increasing crime wave, most people's love will grow cold.

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.

Since the groom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

“When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived. Then those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

"Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!"

And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

"Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they vehemently shouted, "Crucify Him!"

And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Jesus said to them, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them—then they will fast in those days.”

and be like men expecting their master to return from the wedding reception, so that when he does come and knock [at the groom's house, See note on Matt. 25:1-12], they will immediately open [the door] to him.

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this Man.”

and said to them, “You brought this man before me as one who corrupts and incites the people to rebellion. After examining Him before you, I have found no guilt in this Man regarding the charges which you make against Him.

Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

A third time he said to them, “Why, what wrong has He done? I have found no guilt [no crime, no offense] in Him demanding death; therefore I will punish Him [to teach Him a lesson] and release Him.”

When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom

He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,

Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, what crime do you object to this man?

Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.

"I find no crime in this man. Now it is a custom of yours that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover feast. Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him.

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him , crucify him ! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.

Jesus answered, Thou wouldest have had no authority over me, unless it had been given thee from above: for this reason, he that hath delivered me up to thee hath the greater crime.

(Now this man bought a field with the money he got for his crime. Falling on his face, he burst open in the middle, and all his intestines gushed out.

though they could find him guilty of no crime that deserved death, they begged Pilate to have him put to death,

But [when] Paul was about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it was some crime or wicked villainy, O Jews, {I would have been justified in accepting} your complaint.

the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

And wishing to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

where I found he was accused of matters relating to their Law but not impeached for any crime that deserved death or imprisonment.

Or else let these men tell what crime they found [me guilty of] when I stood before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court),

Festus replied that Paul would be kept in custody at Caesarea, but that he himself meant to leave for Caesarea before long ??5 "when," he added, "your competent authorities can come down with me and charge the man with whatever crime he has committed."

the most considerable, said he, among you may go with me, and if he has committed any crime, let 'em begin the process.

Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."

If then I am a criminal and have committed any crime that deserves the death penalty, I will not try to avoid being put to death. But if none of the charges I have been accused of are true, [then] no one has the right to turn me over [to the authorities]. I make my appeal to Caesar."

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

They meant to release me after examination, as I was innocent of any crime that deserved death.

And yet you are puffed up! You ought much rather to be mourning the loss of a member! Expel the perpetrator of such a crime!

Do you not know that unrighteous men will not inherit God's Kingdom? Cherish no delusion here. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor any who are guilty of unnatural crime,

Avoid fornication. Every crime that a man commits is out of his body; but he that commits fornication sins in his body.

Not a new convert, lest he be puffed up, and fall into the devil's crime.

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.

No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God.

the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,