⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

³⁶ And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

³⁹ And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

¹² He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.