Matthew 25:5
The bridegroom took a long time and all the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4while the wise took jars of oil with them as well as their lamps.
6At midnight the shout came, ‘Look, the bridegroom's here! Come out and meet him!’
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1One night when I was lying in bed, I longed for the one I love. I longed for him, but he was nowhere to be found.
Song of Solomon 5:3I replied, “I've already got undressed. I don't have to get dressed again, do I? I've already washed my feet. I don't have to make them dirty again, do I?”
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is for a future time, it is about the end and it does not lie. If it seems slow in being fulfilled, wait for it, for it will definitely come—it will not be delayed!
Matthew 25:19A long time later the master of those servants returned, and settled accounts with them.
Matthew 26:43He went back and found them sleeping, for they just couldn't stay awake.
Luke 12:45But what if the servant were to say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and then starts beating the other servants, both men and women, feasting and getting drunk?
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 →