Sep. 29, 2024

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Mat 25:1  “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. 

Mat 25:2  Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 

Mat 25:3  Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, 

Mat 25:4  but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 

Mat 25:5  Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 

Mat 25:6  But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’ 

Mat 25:7  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 

Mat 25:8  The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 

Mat 25:9  But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 

Mat 25:10  While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 

Mat 25:11  Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’ 

Mat 25:12  But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ 

Mat 25:13  Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.