Matthew 25:5

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Matthew 25:5

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

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“After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.

But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’

For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.

But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.

saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

But hold on to what you have until I come.