Matthew 22:11-14
11“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there aa man who had no wedding garment. 12And he said to him, b‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and ccast him into the outer darkness. In that place dthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14For many are ecalled, but few are fchosen.”Matthew 25:1-13
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like gten virgins who took their lamps ▼▼Or torches
and went to meet ithe bridegroom. ▼▼Some manuscripts add and the bride
2Five of them were foolish, and five were kwise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom lwas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6But mat midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and ntrimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and othose who were ready went in with him to pthe marriage feast, and qthe door was shut. 11Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, r‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 sBut he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, tI do not know you.’ 13 uWatch therefore, for you vknow neither the day nor the hour.
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