diff --git a/scripturefilter.inc b/scripturefilter.inc
index 4a68578..42d3453 100644
--- a/scripturefilter.inc
+++ b/scripturefilter.inc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function scripturize_add_links($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{1,3}:)?\d+))*";
 
     $translation_regex = 'NIV|NIV1984|NASB|AMP|NLT|KJV|ESV|CEV|NET|NKJV|KJ21|ASV|WE|YLT|DARBY|WYC|NIV-UK|TNIV|MSG|NIRV';