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Matthew 25:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. "

Matthew 25:7

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5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

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Matthew 25:1

"“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom."

Matthew 25:2

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"Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,"

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"but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."

Matthew 25:5

"Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept."

Matthew 25:6

"But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’"

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