Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
“Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.
“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’
And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
