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Matthew 25:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.

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

At midnight, there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

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

“Gird your loins and light your lamps

Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.

Be watchful and strengthen what is left, which is going to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.