Matthew 25:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him.

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  • Ps 50:3-6 : 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very stormy around Him. 4 He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people. 5 Gather My saints together to Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God Himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 And it will be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.
  • Amos 4:12 : 12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
  • Mal 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap:
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come.
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 25:31 : 31 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
  • Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is. 34 For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
  • Luke 12:38-40 : 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into. 40 Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.
  • Luke 12:46 : 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
  • 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. 2 For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, 'Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.'
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
  • Rev 19:7-9 : 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.

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  • Matt 25:1-5
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    1Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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

    3Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them.

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

    5While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

  • Matt 25:7-13
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    7Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

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

    9But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.

    10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.

    11Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

    12But he answered and said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.

    13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.

  • Luke 12:35-38
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    35Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

    36And you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

    37Blessed are those servants, whom the master when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them.

    38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

  • Mark 13:35-36
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    35Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning:

    36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

    44Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come.

  • Luke 12:40
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    40Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.

  • Matt 24:50
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    50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of,

  • Matt 22:2-4
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    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who prepared a wedding for his son,

    3And sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.

    4Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and everything is ready: come to the wedding.

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

  • Matt 22:8-13
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    8Then he said to his servants, The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

    9Go therefore into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.

    10So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

    11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

    12And he said to him, Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

    13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 5:34-35
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    34And he said to them, Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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

  • Luke 12:45-46
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    45But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk;

    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

  • Luke 13:25
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    25When once the master of the house has arisen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from:

  • 1 Thess 5:6
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    6Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober.

  • Matt 20:6
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    6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?

  • Rev 16:15
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    15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.

  • Luke 14:17
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    17And sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come; for all things are now ready.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is.

  • Joel 2:16
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    16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who nurse at the breast. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her room.

  • Matt 24:26
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    26Therefore if they say to you, Look, he is in the desert, do not go out; or, Look, he is in the inner rooms, do not believe it.

  • Rev 19:7
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    7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.

  • Matt 26:46
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    46Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand who betrays me.

  • Matt 24:48
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    48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming,

  • Mark 2:20
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    20But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.

  • Matt 24:46
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    46Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.