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The Ten Virgins
Five were ready for the bridegroom, five were not. (Matthew 25:1-13, King James Version (public domain))
Ten young women await a bridegroom with their lamps. Five bring extra oil, five do not. When he is delayed and arrives at midnight, only the ready ones enter the feast; the others find the door shut.
What it means
Jesus calls us to a readiness that cannot be borrowed at the last moment, a living, tended faith. Watch, He says, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Keep your lamp filled now.
Read it and go deeper
Read The Ten Virgins in full in Matthew 25:1-13 on The Living Bread, ask Simon anything you wonder about, and let it shape how you pray and live. You are welcome exactly as you are.