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The five wise women took jars of oil with their lamps. The man who was marrying a wife did not come for a long time. So all the young women became tired, and they went to sleep.

In the middle of the night, someone shouted out, “The man is coming! Come out to meet him!”

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The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.(A)

“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

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