"But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with gluttony and drunkenness, and anxieties pertaining to life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare;

The kingdom

saying, "Repent ye for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near;

Another parable He set before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field;

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man who was a householder, who went forth early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard;

"The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man?? king??ho made a marriage feast for his son.

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Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.

Which

So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven.

"Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

Went

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will recompense to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by reminding you;

looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt!

The bridegroom

Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn while the Bridegroom is with them! But there will come days, when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast."

"The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man?? king??ho made a marriage feast for his son.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast;

And Jesus said to them, "Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bride-groom who stands and hears him greatly rejoices because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, has been made full.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ;

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

Let us rejoice, and exult, and give the glory to Him; because the marriage of the Lamb came, and His wife made herself ready."

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