Matthew 25:5

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When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

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  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
  • Matt 25:19 : 19 After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
  • Matt 26:40 : 40 Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Couldn't you men keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter.
  • Matt 26:43 : 43 When He came back, He again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour? 38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
  • Luke 12:45 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
  • Luke 20:9 : 9 Then he began to tell the people this parable: 'A man planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went away for a long time.
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that the hour has already come for you to wake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Heb 10:36-37 : 36 You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. 37 For yet in a very little while, the One who is coming will come and will not delay.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
  • 2 Pet 3:4-9 : 4 and they will say, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, everything continues just as it has from the beginning of creation.' 5 For they deliberately ignore this fact: that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God. 6 Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. 7 But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people. 8 But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
  • Rev 2:25 : 25 But hold fast to what you have until I come.
  • Song 3:1 : 1 On my bed at night, I sought the one my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night."
  • Jonah 1:5-6 : 5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down to the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing, sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will consider us, so that we will not perish."
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

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  • Matt 25:6-14
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    6At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

    7Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

    8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

    9But the wise ones replied, ‘No, there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

    10While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

    11Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’

    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

    13Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

    14For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

  • Matt 25:1-4
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    1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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

    3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.

    4But the wise ones took oil in their flasks along with their lamps.

  • Matt 13:25
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    25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

  • Matt 22:2-5
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    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    3He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

    4Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'

    5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

  • Mark 13:35-36
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    35Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn.

    36Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

  • Luke 12:35-36
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    35Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning.

    36Be like people waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him.

  • Luke 5:34-35
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    34Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

    35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.

  • 1 Thess 5:6-7
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    6So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.

    7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

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

  • Luke 12:45
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    45But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

  • Matt 24:48-50
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    48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

    49and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

    50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

  • Matt 25:19
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    19After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

  • Luke 22:45-46
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    45When he rose from prayer and came to his disciples, he found them asleep, overwhelmed with sorrow.

    46He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."

  • Prov 6:10
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    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Matt 26:45
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    45Then He came back to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is being handed over to sinners.

  • Mark 2:20
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    20'But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.'

  • Luke 12:40
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    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  • Mark 14:37
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    37Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour?

  • Mark 14:40
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    40When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

  • Matt 24:39
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    39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

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

  • Matt 26:40
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    40Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Couldn't you men keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

  • Matt 22:8
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    8Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those invited were not worthy.'

  • Matt 9:15
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    15Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'

  • Matt 22:11
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    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.