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For just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.

For when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.

But the foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out!'

But the wise ones replied, 'No! There will never be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'

Later the other bridesmaidsvirgins">[fn] arrived and said, 'Lord, lord, open up for us!'Matthew 7:21-23;">[xr]

"For it is like a man going on a trip who called his servants and turned his money over to them.Matthew 21:33; Luke 19:12;">[xr]

For to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.Matthew 13:12; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; 19:26; John 15:2;">[xr]

"Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.Matthew 20:23; Mark 10:40; Romans 8:17; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Hebrews 11:16; 1 Peter 1:4,9; 3:9; Revelation 21:7;">[xr]

For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.Isaiah 58:7; Ezekiel 18:7; Hebrews 13:2; James 1:27; 3 John 1:1:5;">[xr]

The king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, in that you did it for one of the least important of these my brothers, you did it for me.'Proverbs 14:31; 19:17; Matthew 10:42; Mark 9:41; Hebrews 6:10;">[xr]

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!Psalm 6:8; Matthew 7:23; Luke 13:27; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6;">[xr]

For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

Then he will say to them, 'Truly I tell you, in that you did not do it for one of the least important of these, you did not do it for me.'Proverbs 14:31; 17:5; Zechariah 2:8; Acts 9:5;">[xr]

Surely this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the moneythe money">[fn] given to the destitute."

But knowing this,this">[fn] Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.Deuteronomy 15:11; Matthew 18:20; 28:20; John 12:8; 13:33; 14:19; 17:11;">[xr]

When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.

and from then on he began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.him">[fn]

On the first day of the Festivalday of the Festival">[fn] of Unleavened Bread, the disciples went to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"Exodus 12:6,18; Mark 14:12; Luke 22:7;">[xr]

The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."Psalm 22:1-31; Isaiah 53:1-12; Daniel 9:26; Mark 9:12; Luke 24:25-26,46; John 17:12; Acts 17:2-3; 26:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:3;">[xr]