5. When the bridegroom was very late, the girls could not keep their eyes open, and they all fell asleep.
6. “At midnight someone announced, ‘The bridegroom is coming! Come and meet him!’
7. “Then all the girls woke up. They made their lamps ready.
8. But the foolish girls said to the wise girls, ‘Give us some of your oil. The oil in our lamps is all gone.’
9. “The wise girls answered, ‘No! The oil we have might not be enough for all of us. But go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10. “So the foolish girls went to buy oil. While they were gone, the bridegroom came. The girls who were ready went in with the bridegroom to the wedding feast. Then the door was closed and locked.
11. “Later, the other girls came. They said, ‘Sir, sir! Open the door to let us in.’
12. “But the bridegroom answered, ‘Certainly not! I don’t even know you.’
13. “So always be ready. You don’t know the day or the time when the Son of Man will come.
14. “At that time God’s kingdom will also be like a man leaving home to travel to another place for a visit. Before he left, he talked with his servants. He told his servants to take care of his things while he was gone.