John 3:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

At a wedding the groom is the one who gets married. The best man is glad just to be there and to hear the groom's voice. That's why I am so glad.

Cross References

Hosea 2:19

I will accept you as my wife for ever, and instead of a bride price I will give you justice, fairness, love, kindness,

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered: The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them. But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.

Ezekiel 16:8

When I saw you again, you were old enough to have sex. So I covered your naked body with my own robe. Then I solemnly promised that you would belong to me and that I, the LORD God, would take care of you.

Isaiah 54:5

The LORD All-Powerful, the Holy God of Israel, rules all the earth. He is your Creator and husband, and he will rescue you.

Revelation 21:9

I saw one of the seven angels who had the bowls filled with the seven last terrible troubles. The angel came to me and said, “Come on! I will show you the one who will be the bride and wife of the Lamb.”

Philippians 2:2

Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person.

John 16:24

You have not asked for anything in this way before, but now you must ask in my name. Then it will be given to you, so that you will be completely happy.

1 John 1:4

We are writing to tell you these things, because this makes us truly happy.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am as concerned about you as God is. You were like a virgin bride I had chosen only for Christ.

Luke 15:6

and carry it home. Then you will call in your friends and neighbours and say, “Let's celebrate! I've found my lost sheep.”

Song of Solomon 5:1

My bride, my very own, I come to my garden and enjoy its spices. I eat my honeycomb and honey; I drink my wine and milk. Eat and drink until you are drunk with love.

Matthew 25:1

The kingdom of heaven is like what happened one night when ten girls took their oil lamps and went to a wedding to meet the groom.

Jeremiah 2:2

to go to Jerusalem and tell everyone that he had said: When you were my young bride, you loved me and followed me through the barren desert.

Isaiah 66:11

She will nurse and comfort you, just like your own mother, until you are satisfied. You will fully enjoy her wonderful glory.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Now come and see the crown given to Solomon by his mother on his happy wedding day.

2 John 1:12

I have much more to tell you, but I don't want to write it with pen and ink. I want to come and talk to you in person, because that will make us really happy.

John 17:13

I am on my way to you. But I say these things while I am still in the world, so that my followers will have the same complete joy that I do.

Matthew 22:2

The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a king gave a wedding banquet for his son.

John 3:30

Jesus must become more important, while I become less important.

John 15:11

I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am.