Matthew 25:1

New Century Version

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to wait for the bridegroom.

Cross References

Psalm 45:14

In her beautiful clothes she is brought to the king. Her bridesmaids follow behind her, and they are also brought to him.

Song of Solomon 1:3

The smell of your perfume is pleasant, and your name is pleasant like expensive perfume. That’s why the young women love you.

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is sweet to kiss, and I desire him very much. Yes, daughters of Jerusalem, this is my lover and my friend.

Song of Solomon 5:8

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

Isaiah 54:5

The God who made you is like your husband. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is the one who saves you. He is called the God of all the earth.

Daniel 2:44

“During the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up another kingdom that will never be destroyed or given to another group of people. This kingdom will crush all the other kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will continue forever.

Matthew 13:24

Then Jesus told them another story: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:31

Then Jesus told another story: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed are all of God’s children who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those people who belong to the Evil One.

Matthew 13:47

“Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was put into the lake and caught many different kinds of fish.

Matthew 20:1

“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who owned some land. One morning, he went out very early to hire some people to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 25:7

Then all the bridesmaids woke up and got their lamps ready.

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives because the kingdom of heaven is near.”

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 will praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “The friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

John 18:3

So Judas came there with a group of soldiers and some guards from the leading priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

John 3:29

The bride belongs only to the bridegroom. But the friend who helps the bridegroom stands by and listens to him. He is thrilled that he gets to hear the bridegroom’s voice. In the same way, I am really happy.

Acts 20:8

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

1 Corinthians 11:2

I praise you because you remember me in everything, and you follow closely the teachings just as I gave them to you.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous over you with a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ, as your only husband. I want to give you as his pure bride.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now, a crown is being held for me—a crown for being right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give the crown to me on that day—not only to me but to all those who have waited with love for him to come again.

Titus 2:13

We should live like that while we wait for our great hope and the coming of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women, because they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These one hundred forty-four thousand were bought from among the people of the earth as people to be offered to God and the Lamb.

Revelation 19:7

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

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.

Revelation 21:9

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last troubles came to me, saying, “Come with me, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Revelation 4:5

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

Revelation 8:10

Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and 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.