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  • Matthew 9:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 15 At this Jesus said to them: “The friends of the bridegroom have no reason to mourn as long as the bridegroom+ is with them, do they? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them,+ and then they will fast.

  • Matthew 9:15
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 15 καὶ And εἶπεν said αὐτοῖς to them ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus Μὴ Not δύνανται are able οἱ the υἱοὶ sons τοῦ of the νυμφῶνος bridechamber πενθεῖν to mourn ἐφ’ upon ὅσον how long μετ’ with αὐτῶν them ἐστὶν is ὁ the νυμφίος; bridegroom? ἐλεύσονται Will come δὲ but ἡμέραι days ὅταν whenever ἀπαρθῇ might be lifted up away ἀπ’ from αὐτῶν them ὁ the νυμφίος, bridegroom, καὶ and τότε then νηστεύσουσιν. they will fast.

  • Matthew 9:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 15 At this Jesus said to them: “The friends of the bridegroom* have no reason to mourn as long as the bridegroom+ is with them, do they? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away+ from them, and then they will fast.+

  • Matthew 9:15
    The Bible in Living English
    • 15 And Jesus said to them “Can the wedding guests mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but there will come days, when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

  • Matthew 9:15
    American Standard Version
    • 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

  • Matthew 9:15
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 15 And Jesus said unto them,—Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will they fast.

  • Matthew 9:15
    King James Version
    • 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 9:15 it-1 812, 874; jy 70; gt chapter 28; w89 7/15 25; w86 6/1 9

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 9:15 w71 538; ad 568, 1115; bf 419; w53 287; w51 734

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 9:15

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 812-813, 874

      Jesus—The Way, p. 70

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1989, p. 25

      6/1/1986, p. 9

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 9:15

      friends of the bridegroom: Lit., “sons of the bridechamber,” an idiom describing wedding guests but especially the friends of the bridegroom.

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