John 3:29

Easy To Read Version

The bride always belongs to the bridegroom. {\cf2\super [55]} The friend that helps the bridegroom just waits and listens. He’s happy just to hear the bridegroom talk. That’s how I feel now. I’m so happy that he (Jesus) is here.

Cross References

Isaiah 54:5

Why? Because your husband {\cf2\super [429]} \par is the One (God) who made you.\par His name is the Lord All-Powerful.\par He is the Protector {\cf2\super [430]} of Israel.\par He is the Holy One of Israel.\par And he will be called\par the God of all the earth!\par

Isaiah 66:11

Why? Because you will receive mercy\par like milk coming from her breast.\par That “milk” will truly satisfy you!\par You people will drink the milk,\par and you will truly enjoy\par the glory of Jerusalem.\par

Jeremiah 2:2

“Jeremiah, go and speak to the people of Jerusalem. Say to them:

Ezekiel 16:8

I looked you over. I saw you were ready for love. So I spread my clothes over you {\cf2\super [118]} and covered your nakedness. I promised to marry you. I made the agreement {\cf2\super [119]} with you. And you became mine.’” The Lord my Master said these things.

Hosea 2:19

And I (the Lord) will make you my bride {\cf2\super [20]} forever. I will make you my bride with goodness and fairness and with love and mercy.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king that prepared a wedding dinner for his son.

Matthew 25:1

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten girls that went to wait for the bridegroom. {\cf2\super [383]} They brought their lamps with them.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “\{When there is a wedding,\} the friends of the bridegroom {\cf2\super [110]} are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. The friends are sad when the bridegroom leaves. Then they will fast. {\cf2\super [111]}

Luke 15:6

to his home. He goes to his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Be happy with me because I found my lost sheep!’

John 15:11

I have told you these things so that you can have the true happiness that I have. I want you to be completely happy.

John 16:24

You have never asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive. And you will be truly happy.

John 17:13

“I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world. I say these things so that these men can have the true happiness that I have. I want them to be completely happy.

John 3:30

He must become more and more important. And I must become less important.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel jealousy for you. And this jealousy is a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. Christ must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride. {\cf2\super [30]}

Philippians 2:2

If you have these things, then I ask you to do something for me. This will make me very happy. I ask that all your minds be joined together by believing the same things. Be joined together in your love for each other. Live together by agreeing with each other and having the same goals.

1 John 1:4

We write these things to you so that you can be full of joy with us.

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels came to me. This was one of the angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last troubles. The angel said, “Come with me. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”