Mat 9:15, Joh 3:29, Eph 5:25-32, Rev 19:7, 21:9 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Matthew 9:15

15 And Jesus said to them, ^a“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ^bThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^cthen they will fast.

John 3:29

29 ^dThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^eThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^frejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

Ephesians 5:25-32

25 ^gHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^hgave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ⁱthe washing of water ^jwith the word, 27 so ^kthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^lwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ^{▼▼Or holy and blameless} 28 In the same way ⁿhusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because ^owe are members of his body. 31 ^p“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^qthe two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Revelation of John 19:7

7 Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for ^rthe marriage of the Lamb has come,
and ^shis Bride has made herself ready;

Revelation of John 21:9

The New Jerusalem

9 Then came ^tone of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^uthe seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^vthe Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”