Luke 5:35

Easy-to-Read Version

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then his friends will fast."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the time

King James Version (1611)
But the dayes will come, when the Bridegrome shall bee taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those dayes.

King James Version
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

English Standard Version
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days."

New American Standard Bible
"But the days will come; and when the groom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

New Century Version
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

Amplified Bible
"But days [for mourning] will come when the bridegroom is [forcefully] taken away from them. They will fast in those days."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

Legacy Standard Bible
But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

Berean Standard Bible
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast."

Contemporary English Version
But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating."

Complete Jewish Bible
The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; and when that time comes, they will fast."

Darby Translation
But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the dayes will come, euen when the bridegrome shalbe taken away from them: then shall they fast in those dayes.

George Lamsa Translation
But the days will come, when the bridegroom is taken from them, then they will fast in those days.

Good News Translation
But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

Lexham English Bible
But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

Literal Translation
But days will come, even when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then in those days they will fast.

American Standard Version
But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.

Bible in Basic English
But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

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

International Standard Version
But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and in those days they will fast."

Etheridge Translation
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken up [fn] from them: then shall they fast in those days.

Murdock Translation
But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken up from them, and then will they fast, in those days.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the dayes wyll come, when the brydegrome also shalbe taken away fro them: then shall they fast in those dayes.

English Revised Version
But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But the days will come, when the bride-groom shall be taken away from them: and then shall they fast in those days.

Weymouth's New Testament
But a time for this will come, when the Bridegroom has been taken away from them: then, at that time, they will fast."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But daies schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be takun a wei fro hem, and thanne thei schulen faste in tho daies.

Update Bible Version
But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.

New English Translation
But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast."

New King James Version
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."

New Living Translation
But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

New Life Bible
The days will come when the man just married will be taken from them. Then they will not eat food so they can pray better in those days."

New Revised Standard
The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But there will come days, even when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, then, will they fast, in those days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: then shall they fast in those days.

Revised Standard Version
The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The dayes will come whe the brydgrome shalbe take awaye from them: then shall they fast in those dayes

Young's Literal Translation
but days will come, and, when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, then they shall fast in those days.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the tyme wil come that the brydegrome shalbe take fro the, then shal they fast.

Mace New Testament (1729)
however, the time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they will have occasions enow of fasting.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But one day the groom will not be there and that is when his guests will fast and pray."

Contextual Overview

²⁷ After this Jesus went out and saw a tax collector sitting at his place for collecting taxes. His name was Levi. Jesus said to him, "Follow me!" ²⁸ Levi got up, left everything, and followed Jesus. ²⁹ Then Levi gave a big dinner at his house for Jesus. At the table there were many tax collectors and some other people too. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and those who taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the followers of Jesus, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other sinners?" ³¹ Jesus answered them, "It is the sick people who need a doctor, not those who are healthy. ³² I have not come to ask good people to change. I have come to ask sinners to change the way they live." ³³ They said to Jesus, "John's followers often fast and pray, the same as the followers of the Pharisees. But your followers eat and drink all the time." ³⁴ Jesus said to them, "At a wedding you can't ask the friends of the bridegroom to be sad and fast while he is still with them. ³⁵ But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then his friends will fast." ³⁶ Jesus told them this story: "No one takes cloth off a new coat to cover a hole in an old coat. That would ruin the new coat, and the cloth from the new coat would not be the same as the old cloth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Luke 24:17-21, Daniel 9:26, Zechariah 13:7, John 12:8, John 13:33, John 14:3, John 14:4, John 16:4-7, John 16:16-22, John 16:28, John 17:11-13, Acts 1:9, Acts 3:21

and: Isaiah 22:12, Matthew 6:17, Matthew 6:18, Acts 13:2, Acts 13:3, Acts 14:23, 1 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 11:27

Reciprocal: Matthew 25:1 - the bridegroom Luke 17:22 - when

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the days will come,.... And that in a very little time, as they did:

when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: as their master, John, was taken away from them, and now in prison, and therefore it was no wonder they mourned and fasted; signifying, that in a short time he, the bridegroom of his church and people, should be taken away by death:

and then they shall fast in those days; mourn, and be humbled, of which fasting was, a sign, for the death of their Lord, and on account of the many afflictions and persecutions they should endure for his sake; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 9:14-17.

Luke 5:39

Having drunk old wine ... - Wine increases its strength and flavor, and its mildness and mellowness, by age, and the old is therefore preferable. They who had tasted such mild and mellow wine would not readily drink the comparatively sour and astringent juice of the grape as it came from the press. The meaning of this proverb in this place seems to be this: You Pharisees wish to draw my disciples to the “austere” and “rigid” duties of the ceremonial law - to fasting and painful rites; but they have come under a milder system. They have tasted the gentle and tender blessings of the gospel; they have no “relish” for your stern and harsh requirements. To insist now on their observing them would be like telling a man who had tasted of good, ripe, and mild wine to partake of that which is sour and unpalatable. At the proper time all the sterner duties of religion will be properly regarded; but “at present,” to teach them to fast when they see “no occasion” for it - when they are full of joy at the presence of their Master - would be like putting a piece of new cloth on an old garment, or new wine into old bottles, or drinking unpleasant wine after one had tasted that which was more pleasant. It would be ill-timed, inappropriate, and incongruous.