`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,
`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;
and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;
`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,
become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.