Matthew 25:6
And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
In Context
5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Matthew 24:31And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 25:1THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 13:33Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →