MAT 9:15

15 [Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], ◄his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?► [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the bridegroom[/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”