Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 5:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 5:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 5:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Jesus is saying that when you are with someone special, like at a celebration, it's a time for joy and not for being sad or serious. It's like when you're at a birthday party, you wouldn't want to have a snack break instead of enjoying the fun and games!

Luke 5:34: And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:4

While Luke 5:34 suggests a time for feasting and joy, Ecclesiastes 3:4 implies that there is also a time to mourn.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Contradiction with James 4:9

Luke 5:34 implies a time of joy, whereas James 4:9 suggests turning joy into heaviness and calls for mourning.

James 4:9: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:16

Luke 5:34 implies joy in certain contexts, while Matthew 6:16 criticizes disfigurement of faces for falsely projecting somberness when fasting.

Matthew 6:16: Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Contradiction with Joel 2:12-13

Luke 5:34 suggests a time for celebration, whereas Joel 2:12-13 calls for weeping, mourning, and return to God with fasting.

Joel 2:12-13: Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Contradiction with Romans 12:15

Luke 5:34 speaks of a feast, while Romans 12:15 instructs to weep with those who weep, aligning with mourning or fasting times.

Romans 12:15: Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Contradiction with Isaiah 22:12-13

Luke 5:34 suggests joyful feasting, while Isaiah 22:12-13 rebukes for feasting when the Lord called for mourning.

Isaiah 22:12-13: And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Contradiction with Amos 8:10

Luke 5:34 implies joyfulness, while Amos 8:10 proclaims mourning and turning feasts into lamentation.

Amos 8:10: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Contradiction with Matthew 9:15

Although similar in context, Matthew 9:15 presents mourning while the bridegroom is taken away, in contrast to Luke 5:34's time of presence and feasting.

Matthew 9:15: And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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