15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Matthew 9:15
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Mark 2:18–20
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Luke 5:33–35
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Gospel of Thomas 1:103–105
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Luke 17:21–23
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John 16:21–23
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John 16:15–17
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John 2:3–5
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John 7:5–7
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