Matthew 25:1

The kingdom is like ten virgins taking lamps to meet the bridegroom. Jesus illustrates readiness for his return through a wedding scene.

Cross-references · 39

• Luke 12:35–36Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
• Matt 24:42–51Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
• Rev 19:7Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
• Phil 2:15–16so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
• John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• Rev 21:9Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
• Rev 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Matt 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
• Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
• Matt 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
• Rev 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
• 2 Tim 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
• Ps 45:9–11The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
• Matt 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
• Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
• Luke 5:34–35Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
• 2 Pet 3:12–13as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
• 2 Pet 1:13–15I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
• Matt 20:1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
• Ps 45:14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
• Matt 13:38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
• 1 Cor 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
• Rev 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
• Matt 13:47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
• Mark 2:19–20Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
• Song 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
• Matt 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
• Matt 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
• 2 Cor 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
• Matt 9:15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Acts 20:8Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
• Luke 21:34–36But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
• Song 6:8–9There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
• Isa 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
• Matt 13:44–45The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
• Eph 5:25–33Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Song 1:3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

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