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1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bride-groom. 2 Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. Matthew 25:1-8, Anderson New Testament. Public domain.
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