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(Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
(
Pharaoh king of
Egypt had
gone up and
captured Gezer and
burned it with
fire, and had
killed the
Canaanites who
lived in the
city, and had
given it as
dowry to his
daughter,
Solomon’s wife;
(NIV)
For the director of music. To the tune of ‘Lilies’. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. A wedding song.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song.
(NIV)
My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skilful writer.
My
heart overflows with a
pleasing theme;
I
address my
verses to the
king;
my
tongue is like the
pen of a
ready scribe.
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Fire consumed their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;
Fire devoured their
young men,
and their
young women had
no marriage
song.
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come out,
and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look on King Solomon wearing a crown,
the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
the day his heart rejoiced.
Go out, O
daughters of
Zion,
and
look upon King Solomon,
with the
crown with which his
mother crowned him
on the
day of his
wedding,
on the
day of the
gladness of his
heart.
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Does a young woman forget her jewellery,
a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
days without number.
Can a
virgin forget her
ornaments,
or a
bride her
attire?
Yet my
people have
forgotten me
days without number.
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Jesus answered,
‘How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.And Jesus said to
them,
“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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‘The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
(ESV)
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,
(NIV)
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
(ESV)
and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
(NIV)
‘Then he sent some more servants and said, “Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”
(ESV)
Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’
(NIV)
‘Then he said to his servants, “The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
(ESV)
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
(NIV)
So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.”
(ESV)
Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’
(NIV)
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
(ESV)
And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
(NIV)
‘But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
(ESV)
“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.
(NIV)
He asked, “How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?” The man was speechless.
(ESV)
And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
(NIV)
‘But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
(ESV)
And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
(NIV)
Jesus answered,
‘How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.And Jesus said to
them,
“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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Jesus answered,
‘Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?And Jesus
said to them,
“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
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like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
(ESV)
and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
(NIV)
‘When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honour, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.
(ESV)
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,
(NIV)
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
On the
third day there
was a
wedding at Cana in
Galilee,
and the
mother of
Jesus was there.
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and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
Jesus also was
invited to the
wedding with his disciples.
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Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
Let us
rejoice and exult and
give him the
glory,
for the
marriage of the
Lamb has
come,
and his Bride has made
herself ready;
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Then the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ And he added, ‘These are the true words of God.’
And the angel
said to
me, “
Write this:
Blessed are those who are
invited to the
marriage supper of the
Lamb.”
And he
said to
me,
“
These are the
true words of
God.”
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