But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

The kingdom

and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;

For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.

Ten

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:

Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, ... What will ye tell him? That I am sick of love.

Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.

Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.

These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb wheresoever it goes. These have been bought from men as first-fruits to God and to the Lamb:

Which

Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,

Went

Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who love his appearing.

awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance,

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?

The bridegroom

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

For thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy which is of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.