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Mark 2:19 Explained in Context
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Verse 19. 19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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Quick Meaning
This verse develops the unit at Mark 2:19 in “The Bridegroom Explains Fasting and Newness”: “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as…”.
Read It With
- Mark 2:18-22
Read Mark 2:19 with 2:18-22. This verse develops the unit at Mark 2:19 in “The Bridegroom Explains Fasting and Newness”: “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as…”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Asked why his disciples do not fast, Jesus uses bridegroom, cloth, and wineskin images to explain celebration in his presence and future fasting in his absence.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse develops the unit at Mark 2:19 in “The Bridegroom Explains Fasting and Newness”: “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as…”. This specific contribution advances Mark 2:18-22 toward its narrated or taught result.
What Remains True
Jesus' presence creates a new season of celebration and future fasting without making inherited Jewish devotion contemptible. At Mark 2:19, develops the unit at Mark 2:19 in “The Bridegroom Explains Fasting and Newness”: “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Mark 2:19, let spiritual practices respond honestly to joy and grief, and refuse bodily harm or superiority as measures of devotion. This verse contributes to that response because it develops the unit at Mark 2:19 in “The Bridegroom Explains Fasting and Newness”: “And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as…”.
Continue in Context
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Read Mark 2:18-22 — The Bridegroom Explains Fasting and NewnessSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 2:18-22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 2:18-22
Open the Mark Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 2:18-22 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Mark PDF ↗