Mat 25:5-7 | 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 25:5-7

5 As the bridegroom ^awas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But ^bat midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those virgins rose and ^ctrimmed their lamps.