19 And Jesus said to them, "While e the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast , can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot e fast .
Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; but should attend to every part of our duty in its proper order and season.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 2:19
Commentary on Mark 2:18-22
(Read Mark 2:18-22)
Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; but should attend to every part of our duty in its proper order and season.