Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
KJV
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, μὴ δύνασθε τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐστιν, ποιῆσαι νηστεῦσαι;
Greek NT
Quibus ipse ait : Numquid potestis filios sponsi, dum cum illis est sponsus, facere jejunare ?
Vulgate
And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
ASV
To whom he said: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast whilst the bridegroom is with them?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
- + Ἰησοῦς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- νηστεῦσαι — SBLGNT
- νηστεῦσαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- νηστεύειν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 11:2 — For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- Eph 5:25 — Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
- Isa 54:5 — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Isa 62:5 — For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
- John 3:29 — He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
- Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Ps 45:10 — Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
- Rev 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Song 2:6 — His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- Song 3:10 — He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Song 6:1 — Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
- Zeph 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.