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Luke 5:34 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Luke 5:34

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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

33 They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”

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

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

36 He also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

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Matthew 9:15

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"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."

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2 Kings 5:26

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"He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?"

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Luke 5:1

"Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret."

Luke 5:2

"He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets."

Luke 5:3

"He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat."

Luke 5:4

"When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”"

Luke 5:5

"Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”"

Luke 5:6

"When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking."

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