Matthew 25:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

Since the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep, and they were sleeping.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

Song of Solomon 5:2

Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.

Song of Solomon 5:3

Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:

Habakkuk 2:3

For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.

Matthew 24:48

But if that evil servant has said in his heart, 'My lord has been delayed in returning,'

Matthew 25:19

Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.

Matthew 25:4

Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, in their containers, with the lamps.

Matthew 25:6

But in the middle of the night, a cry went out: 'Behold, the groom is arriving. Go out to meet him.'

Matthew 26:40

And he approached his disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter: "So, were you not able to keep vigil with me for one hour?

Matthew 26:43

And again, he went and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Luke 1:21

And the people were waiting for Zechariah. And they wondered why he was being delayed in the temple.

Luke 12:45

But if that servant will have said in his heart, 'My Lord has made a delay in his return,' and if he has begun to strike the men and women servants, and to eat and drink, and to be inebriated,

Luke 18:8

I tell you that he will quickly bring vindication to them. Yet truly, when the Son of man returns, do you think that he will find faith on earth?"

Luke 20:9

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and he loaned it to settlers, and he was on a sojourn for a long time.

Romans 13:11

And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed.

Ephesians 5:14

Because of this, it is said: "You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you."

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.

Revelation 2:25

Even so, that which you have, hold on to it until I return.