⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant^(A)

^35 (B)“Let your waist be girded and ^(C)your lamps burning;

The Promise of Rest

4 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, ^(A)let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

⁹ Indeed I will make ^(A)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed ^(B)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

²⁴ “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and ^(A)cool my tongue; for I ^(B)am tormented in this flame.’

¹⁸ Therefore take heed how you hear. ^(A)For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he ^[a]seems to ^(B)have will be taken from him.”

²⁰ But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately ^(A)receives it with joy; ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when ^(B)tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately ^(C)he stumbles.