¹⁸ She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night.

⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

² It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; `For' so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

³ For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁵ Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

⁶ But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

⁸ And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

¹⁰ And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

⁹ For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

⁷ For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

⁸ neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

⁹ not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.