The Kingdom of Heaven will be like the ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Of these, five were wise and five were foolish. The foolish ones took their lamps and took no oil with them. The wise, together with their lamps, took oil in their vessels. And as the groom slowed down, everyone dozed off and fell asleep.
But at midnight a cry was heard:
- Here, the groom is coming, go out to meet him.
Then all the virgins stood up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise:
“Give us your oil, because our lamps are going out.”
And the wise answered:
- So that there is no shortage for both you and us, you better go to those who sell and buy for yourself.
And when they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. Then the other virgins came and said:
- Lord! God! open to us.
He answered them:
“Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.”
Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man will come.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru