Matthew 9:15

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.

Cross References (15)

  • Revelation 19:9 (11)

    Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to

  • Revelation 21:2 (8)

    I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

  • John 3:29 (8)

    The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear t

  • Acts 13:1–3 (7)

    Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (

  • John 16:20–22 (7)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to

  • Acts 14:23 (7)

    Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in w

  • Matthew 25:1–10 (7)

    “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • Psalms 45:14–15 (6)

    In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

  • Isaiah 22:12 (5)

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

  • Luke 24:13–21 (5)

    That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

  • John 16:6 (5)

    Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:5 (5)

    Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come to

  • 2 Corinthians 11:27 (3)

    in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

  • Judges 14:11–20 (3)

    And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.

  • Acts 1:9–10 (2)

    After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.