Monday 9 August 2010

16“Therefore behold, I will allure her,and bring her into the wilderness,and speak tenderly to her.17I will give her vineyards from there,and the valley of Achor for a door of hope;and she will respond thereas in the days of her youth,and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.· · · verses 18–20 are not read21I will betroth you to me forever.Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.22I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness;and you shall know the Lord.

11Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear.Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.12So the king will desire your beauty,honor him, for he is your lord.

14The princess inside is all glorious.Her clothing is interwoven with gold.15She shall be led to the king in embroidered work.The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

16With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led.They shall enter into the king’s palace.17Your sons will take the place of your fathers.You shall make them princes in all the earth.

1“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virginswho took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.3Those who were foolish,when they took their lamps,took no oil with them,4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.5Now while the bridegroom delayed,they all slumbered and slept.6But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold!The bridegroom is coming!Come out to meet him!’7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.8The foolish said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil,for our lamps are going out.’9But the wise answered,saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you?You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’10While they went away to buy,the bridegroom came,and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast,and the door was shut.11Afterward the other virgins also came,saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’12But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you,I don’t know you.’13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour inwhich the Son of Man is coming.