Matthew 20:16

16So athe last will be first, and the first last.”

Matthew 25:1-12

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like bten virgins who took their lamps
Or torches
and went to meet dthe bridegroom.
Some manuscripts add and the bride
2Five of them were foolish, and five were fwise. 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 gwas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6But hat midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and itrimmed 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 jthose who were ready went in with him to kthe marriage feast, and lthe door was shut. 11Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, mLord, lord, open to us.’ 12 nBut he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, oI do not know you.’

Romans 9:27

27And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: pThough the number of the sons of Israel
Or children of Israel
be as the sand of the sea, ronly a remnant of them will be saved,

Romans 9:29

29And as Isaiah predicted,

s, tIf the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
uwe would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
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