And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

The<n id="1" /> foolish ones said to the wise, &#8216;Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.&#8217;

Even all the hairs on your head are numbered.

When<n id="1" /> the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra<n id="2" /> olive oil<n id="3" /> with them.

But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

Later,<n id="1" /> the other virgins came too, saying, &#8216;Lord, lord! Let us in!&#8217;<n id="2" />

How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?&#8221;

&#8220;Woe to you, Chorazin!<n id="1" /> Woe to you, Bethsaida! If<n id="2" /> the miracles<n id="3" /> done in you had been done in Tyre<n id="4" /> and Sidon,<n id="5" /> they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum,<n id="1" /> will you be exalted to heaven?<n id="2" /> No, you will be thrown down to Hades!<n id="3" /> For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Which is easier,<n id="1" /> to say, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Stand up and walk&#8217;?

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities<n id="1" /> in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

Other seeds fell among the thorns,<n id="1" /> and they grew up and choked them.<n id="2" />

And aren&#8217;t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?&#8221;<n id="1" />

For just like the days of Noah<n id="1" /> were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;I<n id="1" /> am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves,<n id="2" /> so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

&#8216;No,&#8217; they replied.<n id="1" /> &#8216;There won&#8217;t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.&#8217;

But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then<n id="1" /> the door was shut.

But this has happened so that<n id="1" /> the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.&#8221; Then all the disciples left him and fled.p>

Just then<n id="1" /> the temple curtain<n id="2" /> was torn in two, from top to bottom. The<n id="3" /> earth shook and the rocks were split apart.