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Jesus answers the visitors with the comparison of wedding guests and the bridegroom.
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Mark 2:19-20

While the Bridegroom Is with Them

Authority to Forgive · Mark 2

Story guide: Jesus answers the visitors with the bridegroom comparison, explaining why his companions do not fast while he is with them.

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19And 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.”

20But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

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