Matthew 25:6

Easy To Read Version

“At midnight someone announced, ‘The bridegroom {\cf2\super [384]} is coming! Come and meet him!’

Cross References

Psalm 96:13

Be happy because the Lord is coming.\par The Lord is coming to rule {\cf2\super [529]} the world.\par He will rule the world with justice\par and fairness.\par

Psalm 98:9

Rivers, clap your hands!\par All together now, mountains sing out!\par

Isaiah 25:9

At that time, people will say,\par “Here is our God!\par He is the One we have been waiting for.\par He has come to save us.\par We have been waiting for our Lord.\par So we will rejoice and be happy\par when the Lord saves us.”\par

Amos 4:12

“So I will do these things to you, Israel. I will do this to you. Israel, prepare to meet your God!

Matthew 24:31

The Son of Man will use a loud trumpet to send his angels all around the earth. The angels will gather his chosen people from every part of the earth.

Matthew 24:44

So you also must be ready. The Son of Man {\cf2\super [381]} will come at a time when you don’t expect him.

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 25:31

“The Son of Man {\cf2\super [388]} will come again. He will come with great glory. All his angels will come with him. He will be king and sit on his great throne.

Matthew 25:5

The bridegroom was very late. All the girls became tired and began sleeping.

Matthew 25:7

“Then all the girls woke up. The girls made their lamps ready.

Luke 12:20

But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’

Luke 12:46

Then the master of that servant will come when that servant is not ready. It will be a time when that servant is not expecting the master. Then the master will punish that servant. The master will send him away to be with the other people that don’t obey.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Lord himself will come down from heaven. There will be a loud command. That command will be given with the voice of the archangel {\cf2\super [15]} and with the trumpet call of God. And the people who have died and were in Christ will rise first.

2 Peter 3:10

But the Day when the Lord comes again will be a surprise like a thief. The sky will disappear with a loud noise. All the things in the sky will be destroyed with fire. And the earth and everything in it will be burned. {\cf2\super [13]}

Revelation 16:15

“Listen! I will come, \{and it will be a surprise,\} like when a thief comes! Happy is the person that stays awake and keeps his clothes with him. Then he will not have to go without clothes, and people will not see the things he is ashamed for them to see.”