Matthew 25:5

Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping.

Matthew 24:48

But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,'

Matthew 25:19

"After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.

Matthew 26:40

Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter. "So you were none of you strong enough to watch with me even one hour!

Matthew 26:43

He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Mark 14:37-38

Then he came and found them asleep, and he said to Peter. "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not keep watch one hour?

Luke 12:45

"But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master delays his coming,' and should begin to beat the men and the maids, and to eat and drink and to get drunk,

Luke 18:8

"I tell you that he will quickly see justice done to his elect! Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith upon the earth?"

Luke 20:9

Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.

Romans 13:11

Carry out these injunctions because you know the crisis that we are in, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

Ephesians 5:14

For this reason it is said, "Awake, thou sleeper! Arise from the dead; And Christ shall shine upon thee!"

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

So then let us not be sleeping as do the rest, but let us be watchful and self-controlled.

Hebrews 10:36-37

For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise,

1 Peter 5:8

Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

2 Peter 3:4-9

and say, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the day that our fathers fell asleep everything continues as it was from the beginning of the creation."

Revelation 2:25

I say that I am imposing upon you no fresh burden; only hold fast what you have till I come.

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Summary

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Bible References

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Matthew 25:19
"After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.
Matthew 24:48
But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,'
Luke 12:45
"But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master delays his coming,' and should begin to beat the men and the maids, and to eat and drink and to get drunk,
Luke 20:9
Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.
Hebrews 10:36
For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise,
2 Peter 3:4
and say, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the day that our fathers fell asleep everything continues as it was from the beginning of the creation."
Revelation 2:25
I say that I am imposing upon you no fresh burden; only hold fast what you have till I come.