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.

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

“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.

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.

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and

Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

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

You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.