Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."

When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called 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. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.