Mark 2:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

The Question about Fasting

¹⁸ Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people^[a] came and said to him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ ¹⁹ Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.