MATTHEW 25:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.”
And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. The bridegroom's arrival during the foolish virgins' purchase-attempt: those who were ready went in; the door was shut. The door being shut is the finality of the end: the window of preparation has closed. The those who were ready is the parable's key phrase — readiness, not mere association with the prepared, is the criterion for entry.
Church Fathers on Matthew 25:10
Hom. lxxviii, In the foregoing parable the Lord set forth the punishment of the man who beat, and was drunk, and wasted his Lord’s goods; in this He declares his punishment who profits not, and does not prepare for himself abundantly the things of which he has need; for the foolish virgins had oil, but not enough.
'Then,' because all this discourse is concerning the great day of the Lord, concerning which He had been speaking before.
By 'the kingdom of heaven' is meant the present Church, as in that, 'The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend.' [Matt 13:41]
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