Can the Wedding Guests Fast While the Bridegroom Is With Them?

In mark chapter two, jesus performs a healing, followed by a series of confrontations with and questions from the religious authorities. The same sequence of events is also found in matthew chapter nine and luke five. In verse seven, why does this man speak like that? In verse 16, why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners? In verse 18, why do john's disciples and the disciples of the pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? And then in verse 24, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath? Jesus responds to each of these challenges in turn, in a way that drives forward his teaching.