Daily Discovery Bible Study

1 The kingdom of heaven is like ten girls, who took their lamps with them to go and meet the bridegroom.2 Five were foolish, and five were wise.3 The foolish girls took their lamps but didn't take any oil with them,4 while the wise took jars of oil with them as well as their lamps.5 The bridegroom took a long time and all the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.6 At midnight the shout came, ‘Look, the bridegroom's here! Come out and meet him!’7 All the girls got up and trimmed the wicks of their lamps. The foolish girls said to the wise ones,8 ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ But the wise girls replied,9 ‘No, because otherwise there won't be enough for both you and for us. Go to the shopkeepers and buy some oil for yourselves.’10 While they went to buy oil, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was locked shut.11 The other girls came later. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they called, ‘Open the door for us!’12 But he answered, ‘I tell you the truth: I don't know you.’13 So stay alert, for you don't know the day, or the hour.

Matthew 25: 1-13