And 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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These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawBut God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhich bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis
LawThen said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnNow Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Acts
HistoryAnd was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Numbers
LawIf thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs
WisdomIn that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulA time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.