ehold these things, know that it is near, even
at the gates. (34)Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass
away until all these things shall be done. (35)Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (36)But of that day
and hour no man knoweth, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father
alone. (37)But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of
the Son of man be. (38)For as they were in the days preceding the
deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered into the ark, (39)and they knew it not till the
deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the
Son of man be. (40)Then two shall be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other dismissed. (41)Two women grinding at the mill; the
one taken, the other dismissed. (42)Watch therefore: for ye know not at
what hour your Master cometh. (43)And this observe, that if the master
of the family had known in which watch of the night the thief would
have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered him to break
into his house. (44)Therefore be ye also prepared: for in an hour that
ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

(45)Who then is the faithful and provident servant, whom his Lord hath
appointed over his household, to give them meat in the proper time?
(46)Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find
thus occupied. (47)Verily I say unto you, that he will place him over
all his substance. (48)But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My
master will be a long while ere he comes; (49)and shall begin to beat
his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; (50)the
master of that servant will come in a day that he doth not expect him,
and at an hour which he knoweth not. (51)And will cut him asunder, and
give him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.

CHAP. XXV.

THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking
their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom. (2)But five of them
were provident, and five foolish. (3)Those who were taking their lamps,
took no oil with them: (4)but the provident took oil in their vessels
with their lamps. (5)But as the bridegroom stayed long, they all
slumbered and slept. (6)Then at midnight the cry came, Behold, the
bridegroom is coming; go forth to meet him. (7)Then all these virgins
arose, and set about trimming their lamps.