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Read Full Chapter (Matthew 25) Matthew 25:5-6 KJV
"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at mid night there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him."
Matthew 25:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)
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And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
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They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
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But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
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And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
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But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.