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Mark 2:20
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: and then they shall fast in those days.
Mark 2:20 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Mark 2:20 in other translations
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
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In context
17 Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.
18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast?
19 And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: and then they shall fast in those days.
21 No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward and to pluck the ears of corn.
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