Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Cross-reference
Psalm 45:10-16 depicts a royal wedding — an OT type of Christ the Bridegroom, whom Jesus refers to in Luke.
In Song 3:11, King Solomon's wedding day is described with rejoicing — directly paralleling Jesus' illustration of the bridegroom's joyful presence.
Isaiah 54:5 calls God the husband of Israel — the same marriage metaphor Jesus uses for himself as bridegroom.
Isaiah 62:5 pictures God rejoicing over Israel as a bridegroom — echoing the bridegroom imagery Jesus uses for his presence.
Matthew 22:2 likens the kingdom to a wedding banquet — the same bridegroom metaphor Jesus uses for his own presence.
Matthew 25:1-10 features a bridegroom arriving — the same imagery Jesus uses here to explain his presence.
John 3:29 explicitly calls Jesus the bridegroom — John the Baptist's testimony reinforces the same metaphor Jesus uses here.
In 2 Corinthians 11:2, Paul uses the same bridegroom imagery for Christ, showing the church as a bride betrothed to him — deepening the wedding metaphor Jesus uses here.
Ephesians 5:25-27 reveals that the bridegroom's removal (death) was to sanctify and present the church as his pure bride — the purpose behind Jesus' words.
Revelation 19:7-9 describes the wedding supper of the Lamb — the ultimate fulfillment of the bridegroom metaphor Jesus applies to himself.
In Judges 14:10, Samson holds a wedding feast — illustrating the custom Jesus references of the bridegroom's companions feasting, not fasting.