Mat 25:5, 24 | ESV | STEP | As the bridegroom was delayed , they all became drowsy and slept .

a ch. 24:48; [ver. 19; Heb. 10:37; 2 Pet. 3:4, 9]

Matthew 25:5

5 As the bridegroom ^awas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

Matthew 25:24

24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be ^ba hard man, reaping ^cwhere you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,