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“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
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“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
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The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
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“ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
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“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
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“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
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“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
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“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
The Parable of the Bags of Gold
14“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
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To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a]each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
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The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.