Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
New Heart English Bible
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
5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Psalms 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silent.A fire devours before him.It is very stormy around him.
Psalms 98:9Let them sing before the Lord,for he comes to judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousness,and the peoples with equity.
Amos 4:12"Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel;because I will do this to you,prepare to meet your God, Israel.
Matthew 24:31He will send out his angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Matthew 25:1"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 13:33Watch, keep alert; for you do not know 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 →