Matthew 25:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 25:5

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

The

Bible References

The

'And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;

'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

For yet the vision is for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

and saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

but that which ye have -- hold ye, till I may come;