Matthew 25:7
Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
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- Luke 12:35 : 35 Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;
- Rev 3:19-20 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent! 20 Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.
- 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Exhortation to the Faithful Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.
- Rev 2:4-5 : 4 But I have this against you: You have departed from your first love! 5 Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place– that is, if you do not repent.
- Rev 3:2 : 2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.
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- Matt 25:1-66 verses86%
1 The Parable of the Ten Virgins“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of the virgins were foolish, and five were wise.
3 When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them.
4 But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.
5 When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’
- Matt 25:8-125 verses83%
8 The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
9 ‘No,’ they replied.‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
11 Later, the other virgins came too, saying,‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’
12 But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’
- Luke 12:35-373 verses76%
35 Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;
36 be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
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37 “You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it.
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37 the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;
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2 “Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
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21 The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?
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20 Offering the Oil“You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.
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16 Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.
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44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
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7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
- Exod 25:31-322 verses67%
31 The Lampstand“You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.
32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.
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40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
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19 After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.
- Matt 5:15-162 verses67%
15 People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
- Mark 13:35-362 verses67%
35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–
36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
- Exod 37:18-192 verses67%
18 Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.
19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.
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33 Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
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14 the lampstand for the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light;
- Matt 22:2-54 verses67%
2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
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2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him,‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.’”
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42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
- Matt 22:10-112 verses66%
10 And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
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35 with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.
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23 He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold.
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4 You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
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36 If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”
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6 Now the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
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1 Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!
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17 At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited,‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
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4 On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the LORD continually.