Matthew 25:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.

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  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
  • Matt 25:19 : 19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.
  • Matt 26:40 : 40 And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?
  • Matt 26:43 : 43 And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour? 38 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
  • Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
  • Luke 20:9 : 9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. 7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night; 8 But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
  • Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you. 37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • 2 Pet 3:4-9 : 4 Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world. 5 But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God; 6 And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters. 7 But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men. 8 But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
  • Rev 2:25 : 25 But what you have, keep safe till I come.
  • Song 3:1 : 1 By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
  • Jonah 1:5-6 : 5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep. 6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

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  • Matt 25:6-14
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    6But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

    7Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights.

    8And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

    9But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

    10And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

    11After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

    12But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.

    13Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

    14For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

  • Matt 25:1-4
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    1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

    2And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

    3For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

    4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

  • Matt 13:25
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    25But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

  • Matt 22:2-5
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    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

    3And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

    4Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

    5But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

  • Mark 13:35-36
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    35So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

    36For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Luke 12:35-36
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    35Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

    36And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

  • Luke 5:34-35
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    34And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

    35But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
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    6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

    7For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

  • Prov 24:33
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    33A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Luke 12:45
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    45But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

  • Matt 24:48-50
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    48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

    49And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;

    50The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

  • Matt 25:19
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    19Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

  • Luke 22:45-46
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    45And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

    46And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • Prov 6:10
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    10A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

    43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

  • Matt 26:45
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    45Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.

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    20But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

  • Luke 12:40
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    40So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

  • Mark 14:37
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    37And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

  • Mark 14:40
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    40And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.

  • Matt 24:39
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    39And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Matt 26:40
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    40And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

  • Matt 22:8
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    8Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

  • Matt 9:15
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    15And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

  • Matt 22:11
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    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;