And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning,
The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.
And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’
Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?
“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider's web.
And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
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