Glomung
Account Closed
25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.
All ten of the virgins were believers. The five wise virgins were "prepared" for the coming of the groom (that being Christ). Many would argue what the "being prepared" means exactly, I would assume that it means something along the lines of "the wise virgins not only believed but lived their faith", so they had faith and works to show. The foolish virgins believed and were also waiting but had not provided the necessary works to compliment their faith, in other words they had an empty faith. When they knew the groom had arrived they hurridly attempted to make up for their lack of preparedness but it was too late.
Note that this phrase ( ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’) is used in other parables in like circumstances.
6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.
All ten of the virgins were believers. The five wise virgins were "prepared" for the coming of the groom (that being Christ). Many would argue what the "being prepared" means exactly, I would assume that it means something along the lines of "the wise virgins not only believed but lived their faith", so they had faith and works to show. The foolish virgins believed and were also waiting but had not provided the necessary works to compliment their faith, in other words they had an empty faith. When they knew the groom had arrived they hurridly attempted to make up for their lack of preparedness but it was too late.
Note that this phrase ( ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’) is used in other parables in like circumstances.