I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on?\par\tab I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?
Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;\par\tab I shall be slain in the streets.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;\par\tab But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,\par\tab And to-morrow I will give;\par\tab When thou hast it by thee.
and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.