{"id":9863,"date":"2024-08-28T13:57:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9863"},"modified":"2026-10-11T19:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:07:54","slug":"matthew-chapter-25-the-parable-of-the-ten-virgins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9863","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 25 The Parable of the Ten Virgins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"en-NIV-24010\" class=\"text Matt-25-1\">The Parable of the Ten Virgins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"chapter-2\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"text Matt-25-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">25<\/span><span class=\"woj\">At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-24011\" class=\"text Matt-25-2\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2<\/sup>Five of them were foolish and five were wise.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-24012\" class=\"text Matt-25-3\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3<\/sup>The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-24013\" class=\"text Matt-25-4\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4<\/sup>The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-24014\" class=\"text Matt-25-5\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5<\/sup>The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-24015\" class=\"text Matt-25-6\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6<\/sup>At midnight the cry rang out: Heres the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-24016\" class=\"text Matt-25-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7<\/sup>Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-24017\" class=\"text Matt-25-8\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8<\/sup>The foolish ones said to the wise, Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-24018\" class=\"text Matt-25-9\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9<\/sup>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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-24019\" class=\"text Matt-25-10\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10<\/sup>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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-24020\" class=\"text Matt-25-11\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11<\/sup>Later the others also came. Lord, Lord, they said, open the door for us!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-24021\" class=\"text Matt-25-12\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12<\/sup>But he replied, Truly I tell you, I dont know you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-24022\" class=\"text Matt-25-13\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13<\/sup>Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4The wise ones, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9863","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matthew Chapter 25 The Parable of the Ten Virgins &#8212; 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