Matthew 25:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

IN THE night I dreamed that I sought the one whom I love. [She said] I looked for him but could not find him. [Isa. 26:9.]

Song of Solomon 5:2

I went to sleep, but my heart stayed awake. [I dreamed that I heard] the voice of my beloved as he knocked [at the door of my mother's cottage]. Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my spotless one [he said], for I am wet with the [heavy] night dew; my hair is covered with it. [Job 11:13-15.]

Song of Solomon 5:3

[But weary from a day in the vineyards, I had already sought my rest] I had put off my garment–how could I [again] put it on? I had washed my feet–how could I [again] soil them? [Isa. 32:9; Heb. 3:15.]

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. [Heb. 10:37, 38.]

Matthew 24:48

But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, My master is delayed and is going to be gone a long time,

Matthew 25:19

Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

Matthew 25:4

But the wise took flasks of oil along with them [also] with their lamps.

Matthew 25:6

But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!

Matthew 26:40

And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, What! Are you so utterly unable to stay awake and keep watch with Me for one hour?

Matthew 26:43

And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down with sleep.

Luke 1:21

Now the people kept waiting for Zachariah, and they wondered at his delaying [so long] in the sanctuary.

Luke 12:45

But if that servant says in his heart, My master is late in coming, and begins to strike the menservants and the maids and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 18:8

I tell you, He will defend and protect and avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth?

Luke 20:9

Then He began to relate to the people this parable (this story to figuratively portray what He had to say): A man planted a vineyard and leased it to some vinedressers and went into another country for a long stay. [Isa. 5:1-7.]

Romans 13:11

Besides this you know what [a critical] hour this is, how it is high time now for you to wake up out of your sleep (rouse to reality). For salvation (final deliverance) is nearer to us now than when we first believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Christ, the Messiah).

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. [Isa. 26:19; 60:1, 2.]

1 Peter 5:8

Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

Revelation 2:25

Only hold fast to what you have until I come.