Matthew 25: 1-13; Paraphrased
Ten virgins took their oil lamps to meet the bridegroom. With their oil lamps burning, the virgins slept; while the bridegroom tarried. At midnight, the bridegroom was coming; five of the virgins were wise, they brought extra oil with them; prepared for the delay of the bridegroom; however, the other five virgins were unprepared for the bridegrooms delay and they let their oil lamps burn out while they slept. They pleaded with the five wise virgins: "share your oil"; but the five wise could not share or they themselves would be left out; so the five foolish virgins had to run to the market to buy more oil. In the meantime, the wise virgins were ready when the bridegroom came to receive His bride; they were allowed to enter into the prepared house with the bridegroom.When the five foolish virgins returned, the door was closed to them; they cried: "Lord, Lord, let us in, open the door for us". The bridegroom, sadly replied: I do not know you.
The moral of the story is to: Be watchful, be prepared for you know not when the Son of Man (Jesus) will return for His bride.
Ten virgins took their oil lamps to meet the bridegroom. With their oil lamps burning, the virgins slept; while the bridegroom tarried. At midnight, the bridegroom was coming; five of the virgins were wise, they brought extra oil with them; prepared for the delay of the bridegroom; however, the other five virgins were unprepared for the bridegrooms delay and they let their oil lamps burn out while they slept. They pleaded with the five wise virgins: "share your oil"; but the five wise could not share or they themselves would be left out; so the five foolish virgins had to run to the market to buy more oil. In the meantime, the wise virgins were ready when the bridegroom came to receive His bride; they were allowed to enter into the prepared house with the bridegroom.When the five foolish virgins returned, the door was closed to them; they cried: "Lord, Lord, let us in, open the door for us". The bridegroom, sadly replied: I do not know you.
The moral of the story is to: Be watchful, be prepared for you know not when the Son of Man (Jesus) will return for His bride.