Matthew 25:5
That man getting married didn’t come for a long time, so all the young women got tired and went to sleep.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
6In the middle of the night, somebody shouted, ‘He is coming now. Come out to meet him.’
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 →