Matthew 25:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“At that time God’s kingdom will be like ten girls who went to wait for the bridegroom. They took their lamps with them.

Cross References

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be happy and give God glory! Give God glory, because the wedding of the Lamb has come. And the Lamb’s bride has made herself ready.

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 plagues. The angel said, “Come with me. 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. It was prepared like a bride dressed for her husband.

John 3:29

The bride always belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who helps the bridegroom just waits and listens. He is happy just to hear the bridegroom talk. That’s how I feel now. I am so happy that he is here.

Matthew 13:24

Then Jesus used another story to teach them. Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like a man who planted good seed in his field.

Isaiah 54:5

Your real husband is the one who made you. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is your Protector, and he is the God of all the earth!

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women. They kept themselves pure. Now they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among the people of the earth as the first to be offered to God and the Lamb.

Titus 2:13

We should live like that while we are waiting for the coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He is our great hope, and he will come with glory.

Matthew 22:2

“God’s kingdom is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now, a prize is waiting for me—the crown that will show I am right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give it to me on that Day. Yes, he will give it to me and to everyone else who is eagerly looking forward to his coming.

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”

Daniel 2:44

“During the time of the kings of the fourth kingdom, the God of heaven will set up another kingdom that will continue forever. It will never be destroyed. And it will be the kind of kingdom that cannot be passed on to another group of people. This kingdom will crush all the other kingdoms. It will bring them to an end, but that kingdom itself will continue forever.

1 Corinthians 11:2

I praise you because you remember me in all things. You follow closely the teachings I gave you.

Matthew 20:1

“God’s kingdom is like a man who owned some land. One morning, the man went out very early to hire some people to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 13:47

“Also, God’s kingdom is like a net that was put into the lake. The net caught many different kinds of fish.

Psalm 45:14

Clothed in beauty, she is led to the king, followed by her bridesmaids.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world. The good seed are the people in God’s kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One.

Song of Solomon 5:8

I tell you, women of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.

Revelation 4:5

Lightning flashes and noises of thunder came from the throne. Before the throne there were seven lamps burning, which are the seven Spirits of God.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. He must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

Acts 20:8

We were all together in a room upstairs, and there were many lights in the room.

Matthew 13:31

Then Jesus told the people another story: “God’s kingdom is like a mustard seed that a man plants in his field.

Song of Solomon 5:16

Yes, women of Jerusalem, my lover is everything I desire. His mouth is the sweetest of all. This is my lover; this is my darling.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Your perfume smells wonderful, but your name is sweeter than the best perfume. That is why the young women love you.

Matthew 25:7

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

John 18:3

So Judas led a group of soldiers to the garden, along with some guards from the leading priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

Revelation 8:10

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