Matthew 9:15 Cross References - Darby

¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

¹¹ And it came to pass when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they were with him. ¹² And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments. ¹³ But if ye cannot explain [it] to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Propound thy riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle. ¹⁵ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson`s wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father`s house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, -- is it not [so]? ¹⁶ And Samson`s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain it to thee? <sup>17</sup> And she wept before him the seven days, while they had the feast. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he explained it to her, for she pressed him. And she explained the riddle to the children of her people. <sup>18</sup> And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle. <sup>19</sup> And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father`s house. ²⁰ And Samson`s wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had made his friend.

¹⁴ She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee: ¹⁵ With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king`s palace.

¹² And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;

¹ Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were prudent and five foolish. ³ They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them; ⁴ but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches. ⁵ Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept. ⁶ But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches. ⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. ⁹ But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the [ones that were] ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

¹³ And behold, two of them were going on the same day to a village distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem, called Emmaus; ¹⁴ and they conversed with one another about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ And it came to pass as they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus himself drawing nigh, went with them; ¹⁶ but their eyes were holden so as not to know him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, What discourses are these which pass between you as ye walk, and are downcast? ¹⁸ And one [of them], named Cleopas, answering said to him, Thou sojournest alone in Jerusalem, and dost not know what has taken place in it in these days? ¹⁹ And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to [the] judgment of death and crucified him. ²¹ But *we* had hoped that *he* was [the one] who is about to redeem Israel. But then, besides all these things, it is now, to-day, the third day since these things took place.

²⁹ He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

⁶ But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy. ²¹ A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world. ²² And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

⁹ And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding [him], and a cloud received him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

¹ Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. ³ Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.

²³ And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

⁵ Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

²⁷ in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

⁹ And he says to me, Write, Blessed [are] they who are called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.

² And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.