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 his accounts with them.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass -- it will not arrive late.

But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, 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 on a journey for a long time.

For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."

However, hold on to what you have until I come.