1 The kingdom of heaven is like what happened one night when ten girls took their oil lamps and went to a wedding to meet the groom.
2 Five of the girls were foolish and five were wise.
3 The foolish ones took their lamps, but no extra oil.
4 The ones who were wise took along extra oil for their lamps.
5 The groom was late arriving, and the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 Then in the middle of the night someone shouted, “Here's the groom! Come to meet him!”
7 When the girls got up and started getting their lamps ready,