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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.

Matthew 9:15 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીમાથ્થી ૯:૧૫
ત્યારે ઈસુએ તેઓને કહ્યું કે, “જ્યાં સુધી વરરાજા જાનૈયાઓની સાથે છે, ત્યાં સુધી શું તેઓ શોક કરી શકે છે? પણ એવા દિવસો આવશે કે વરરાજા તેઓની પાસેથી લઈ લેવાશે, ત્યારે તેઓ ઉપવાસ કરશે.
हिन्दीमत्ती ९:१५
यीशु ने उनसे कहा, “क्या बाराती, जब तक दूल्हा उनके साथ है शोक कर सकते हैं? पर वे दिन आएँगे कि दूल्हा उनसे अलग किया जाएगा, उस समय वे उपवास करेंगे।

In context

13But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

14Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

15Jesus 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.

16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

17Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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