And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed {are} they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

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

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. {which...: or, Herod's foster brother}

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Defraud ye not one the other, except {it be} with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem {about} threescore furlongs.

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see {it}.

But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

{And} to speak unto the priests which {were} in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

{And} she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; {in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro}

When the Almighty {was} yet with me, {when} my children {were} about me;

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. {full...: Heb. weeks of days}

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.