en_tn_condensed/mrk/02/18.md

translationWords

• en:tw:bridegroom
• en:tw:disciple
• en:tw:fast
• en:tw:jesus
• en:tw:johnthebaptist
• en:tw:pharisee

translationNotes

• Can the wedding attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? - With this rhetorical question Jesus is making a comparison between himself and his disciples and a bridegroom and his friends. At a wedding celebration, people feast. They do not fast. See the UDB for a way to translate this as a statement. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion.)