Matthew 25.1. “Then the Kingdom of the Heavens will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, came out to meet the bridegroom. 2. And five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3. For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them. 4. But the wise took olive oil in the containers with their own lamps. 5. And when the bridegroom delayed they all grew drowsy and they were sleeping. 6. Then in the middle of the night there had come a cry, ‘Behold the bridegroom, you must come out to meet him!’ 7. Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their own lamps. 8. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘You must now give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 9. But the wise ones answered saying, ‘Then there would not be enough for us and for you: you must rather go to the sellers and buy oil for yourselves.’ 10. And while they were gone to buy it, the bridegroom came, and the prepared ones entered the bridal chamber with him and the door was locked. 11. And later the remaining virgins came saying, ‘Lord. Lord! You must open to us now!’ 12. But he said, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13. Therefore you must habitually be watchful, because you do not know the Day or the hour.”
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