Mat 9:15, Mar 2:19, Joh 17:12-13 | ESV | STEP | And Jesus said to them , Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them ? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them , and then they will fast .

Matthew 9:15

15 And Jesus said to them, ^a“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ^bThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^cthen they will fast.

Mark 2:19

19 And Jesus said to them, ^d“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

John 17:12-13

12 ^eWhile I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have ^fguarded them, and ^gnot one of them has been lost except ^hthe son of destruction, ⁱthat the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now ^jI am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have ^kmy joy fulfilled in themselves.