20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 2:20

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.