diff --git a/scripturefilter.inc b/scripturefilter.inc
index b6c725b..2cec5e6 100644
--- a/scripturefilter.inc
+++ b/scripturefilter.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function scripturizeAddLinks($text = '',$bible = DEFAULT_BIBLE_TRANSLATION) {
 
     $book_regex='(?:'.$book_regex.')|(?:'.$abbrev_regex.')\.?';
 
-    $verse_regex="\d{1,3}(?::\d{1,3})?(?:\s?(?:[-&,]\s?\d+))*";
+    $verse_regex="\d{1,3}(?::\d{1,3})?(?:\s?(?:[-&,:]\s?\d+))*";
 
     $translation_regex = 'NIV|NIV1984|NASB|AMP|NLT|KJV|ESV|CEV|NET|NKJV|KJ21|ASV|WE|YLT|DARBY|WYC|NIV-UK|TNIV|MSG|NIRV';