Mark 2:20
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New International Version (©2011)
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

International Standard Version (©2012)
But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

NET Bible (©2006)
But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“But the days will come when the groom will be taken from them; then they will fast in those days.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

American King James Version
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

American Standard Version
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; and then they shall fast in those days.

Darby Bible Translation
But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.

English Revised Version
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.

Weymouth New Testament
But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.

World English Bible
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

Young's Literal Translation
but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast -- in those days.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:18-22 Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; but should attend to every part of our duty in its proper order and season.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - This is the first occasion on which our Lord alludes to his removal from them. The bridegroom shall be taken away from them. The Greek word (ἀπαρθῇ) conveys the idea of a painful severance. And then will they fast in that day (ἐν ἐκείνῇ τῇ ἡμέρα). This is the true reading. After our Lord's death, his disciples frequently fasted as of necessity, and went through much privation and trial. And so it must be for the most part with all who will live godly in Christ Jesus, until he returns to take to himself his kingdom, when there will be a glad and everlasting festival.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the days will come,.... As they were in some sense now come to the disciples of John, their master being taken up by Herod, and confined in prison, and so it was a mourning time with them:

when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days: referring to the time of the sufferings and death of Christ, which would be, and was a sorrowful season to his disciples.

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Jesus Questioned about Fasting
18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not? 19And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridal chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Matthew 9:15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Mark 2:19 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
Mark 2:21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.
Luke 5:35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast."
Luke 17:22 Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.