e bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were
wise. For the foolish ones, when they took their torches, took no oil
with them; but the wise took oil in their vessels with their torches.

"Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at
midnight a cry was raised: 'Look! The bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
Then all those maidens rose, and trimmed their torches. And the foolish
ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; for our torches are
going out.' But the wise maidens answered, 'There may not be enough for
us and for you. Go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
Now while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came and those who were
ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
Afterward the other maidens came also and said, 'Sir, open to us.' But
he answered, 'I tell you truly, I do not know you.'

"Watch, therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the
Kingdom of God shall come."

JESUS CURES A BLIND MAN

As Jesus was passing along the road he saw a man who was born blind, and
the disciples asked him, "Master, for whose sin, his own or his
parents', was this man born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither for his own
sin nor his parents', but that God's power to heal may be shown in him.
We must do the work of him who sent me while day lasts; night is coming
when no man can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the
world."

When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the
saliva, put the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him, "Go,
wash in the Pool of Siloam." So he went off and washed, and returned
able to see.

Then the neighbors and those who before had seen him begging said, "Is
not this the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said, "It is he." Others
said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man." So they said to
him, "How then were your eyes opened?" He answered, "The man who is
called Jesus made clay and put it upon my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to
the Pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received
my sight." They asked him, "Where is he?" He answered, "I do not know."

Then they brought the man who had once been blind to the Pharisees. Now
it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes.
Therefore the Pharisees asked him again how he had received his sight,
and he told them, "Jesus put clay on my eyes and I washed them and can