¹⁵ And Jesus said^◦ to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn so long as the Bridegroom is with them? But^◦ the days will come when the Bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast.

⁷ And I pastured the flock of the slaughter^◦ on account of you, O afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two sticks: the one I called Pleasantness, and the other one I called Cords; and I pastured the flock.