Matthew 25:1

Good News Translation (US Version)

“At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there were ten young women who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Cross References

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad; let us praise his greatness! For the time has come for the wedding of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself for it.

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said, “Come, and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared and ready, like a bride dressed to meet her husband.

John 3:29

The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.

Isaiah 54:5

Your Creator will be like a husband to you— the Lord Almighty is his name. The holy God of Israel will save you— he is the ruler of all the world.

Revelation 14:4

They are the men who have kept themselves pure by not having sexual relations with women; they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from the rest of the human race and are the first ones to be offered to God and to the Lamb.

Titus 2:13

as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.

Matthew 22:2

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

2 Timothy 4:8

And now there is waiting for me the victory prize of being put right with God, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day—and not only to me, but to all those who wait with love for him to appear.

Matthew 3:2

“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Daniel 2:44

At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.

1 Corinthians 11:2

I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you.

Matthew 20:1

“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 13:47

“Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Some fishermen throw their net out in the lake and catch all kinds of fish.

Psalm 45:14

In her colorful gown she is led to the king, followed by her bridesmaids, and they also are brought to him.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

Song of Solomon 5:8

Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that if you find my lover, you will tell him I am weak from passion.

Revelation 4:5

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you, just as God is; you are like a pure virgin whom I have promised in marriage to one man only, Christ himself.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

Acts 20:8

Many lamps were burning in the upstairs room where we were meeting.

Matthew 13:31

Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and sows it in his field.

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is sweet to kiss; everything about him enchants me. This is what my lover is like, women of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 1:3

There is a fragrance about you; the sound of your name recalls it. No woman could keep from loving you.

Matthew 25:7

The ten young women woke up and trimmed their lamps.

John 18:3

So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some Temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches.

Revelation 8:10

Then the third angel blew his trumpet. A large star, burning like a torch, dropped from the sky and fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.