Questions about Fasting

Mark 2:19

In 9 translations

BSB: Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.
ASV: And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
LSV: And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
YLT: And Jesus said to them, 'Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
DBY: And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
DRC: 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.
GNV: And Iesus saide vnto them, Can the children of the marriage chamber fast, whiles the bridegrome is with them? as long as they haue the bridegrome with them, they cannot fast.

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Where the editions differ

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In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include τὸν νυμφίον (“the bridegroom”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτῶν (“them”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἑαυτῶν (“themselves”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

Spelling of μετ᾽: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: μεθ᾽.
Word order: NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μετ᾽ elsewhere in this verse.

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον μετʼ αὐτῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον μετʼ αὐτῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐστιν νηστεύειν; ὅσον χρόνον ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον μετʼ αὐτῶν οὐ δύνανται νηστεύειν·
RP2018: Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐστιν, νηστεύειν; Ὅσον χρόνον μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον, οὐ δύνανται νηστεύειν·
TR-Boyd: Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐστι, νηστεύειν; Ὅσον χρόνον μεθ᾿ ἑαυτῶν ἔχουσι τὸν νυμφίον, οὐ δύνανται νηστεύειν·
SCR1894: και ειπεν αυτοις ο ιησους μη δυνανται οι υιοι του νυμφωνος εν ω ο νυμφιος μετ αυτων εστιν νηστευειν οσον χρονον μεθ εαυτων εχουσιν τον νυμφιον ου δυνανται νηστευειν

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Bride-Chamber, Sons (Children) of the Bride-Chamber Bridegroom Capernaum Washing of Feet Abstinence Joy Mediation; Mediator Salvation Mark, the Gospel According to

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Matthew 25:1–10“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take…
Genesis 29:22So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
Judges 14:10–11Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom. And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
Psalms 45:14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Song of Songs 6:8There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

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