Matthew 25:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But the wise answered, saying,› [Not so]; ‹lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.›

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  • Ps 49:7-9 : 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 ¶ Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 ¶ Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.
  • Ezek 14:14-16 : 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. 15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16 [Though] these three men [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
  • Ezek 14:20 : 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 ‹Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:› 18 ‹I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and› [that] ‹the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.›

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  • Matt 25:1-8
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    1 ¶ ‹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.›

    2 ‹And five of them were wise, and five› [were] ‹foolish.›

    3 ‹They that› [were] ‹foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:›

    4 ‹But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.›

    5 ‹While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.›

    6 ‹And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out 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 gone out.›

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

    11 ‹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.›

    12 ‹But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.›

    13 ‹Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.›

  • Matt 22:3-5
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    3 ‹And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.›

    4 ‹Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and› [my] ‹fatlings› [are] ‹killed, and all things› [are] ‹ready: come unto the marriage.›

    5 ‹But they made light of› [it], ‹and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:›

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

    37 He answered and said unto them, ‹Give ye them to eat.› And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

  • Matt 22:8-10
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    8 ‹Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.›

    9 ‹Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.›

    10 ‹So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.›

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    35 And he said unto them, ‹When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing?› And they said, Nothing.

    36 Then said he unto them, ‹But now, he that hath a purse, let him take› [it], ‹and likewise› [his] ‹scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.›

  • 13 But he said unto them, ‹Give ye them to eat.› And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

  • 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›

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    18 ‹And they all with one› [consent] ‹began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.›

    19 ‹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.›

  • 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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    35 ‹Let your loins be girded about, and› [your] ‹lights burning;›

    36 ‹And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.›

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  • 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • 25 ‹When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:›

  • 27 ‹Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and› [then] ‹at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.›

  • 45 ‹Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?›

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  • 7 ‹And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.›

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  • 21 ‹So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.›

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    8 ‹And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.›

    9 ‹And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.›

  • 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

  • 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

  • 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?

  • 8 ¶ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • 17 ‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›

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  • 30 ‹And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›

  • 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread.

  • 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.

  • 8 ‹And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?›