Mark 2:19

¹⁹Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

Mark 2 presents a series of five conflict narratives that establish the growing tension between Jesus and the religious authorities. Jesus heals a paralytic, declaring his authority to forgive sins, calls Levi the tax collector, and then defends his disciples for not fasting and for