10:5 The one who gathers crops 1 in the summer is a wise 2 son,
but the one who sleeps 3 during the harvest
is a son who brings shame to himself. 4
3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, 17
“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 18
3:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.
3:9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, 19 and they saw my works for forty years.
3:10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering 20 and they have not known my ways.’
3:11 “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” 21
3:12 See to it, 22 brothers and sisters, 23 that none of you has 24 an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes 25 the living God. 26 3:13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception. 3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence 27 firm until the end. 3:15 As it says, 28 “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 29 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 30
25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 25:2 Five 31 of the virgins 32 were foolish, and five were wise. 25:3 When 33 the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra 34 olive oil 35 with them. 25:4 But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps. 25:5 When 36 the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 25:6 But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’ 37 25:7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 25:8 The 38 foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 25:9 ‘No,’ they replied. 39 ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 25:10 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 40 the door was shut. 25:11 Later, 41 the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ 42 25:12 But he replied, 43 ‘I tell you the truth, 44 I do not know you!’