¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, “The ^[a]attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

²³ and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the ^(A)voice of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your ^(B)merchants were the powerful people of the earth, because all the nations were deceived ^(C)by your witchcraft.