Matthew 25:5

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

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In context

Before · Matthew 25:3–4

3Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, 4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

After · Matthew 25:6–7

6But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’ 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.