Matthew 25:6
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go all of you out to meet him.
Updated King James Version
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
Psalms 50:3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 98:9Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Amos 4:12Therefore thus will I do unto you, O Israel: and because I will do this unto you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
Matthew 24:31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 13:33Take all of you heed, watch and pray: for all of you 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 →