Ten Virgins: Oil You Cannot Borrow
The parable of the ten virgins turns on what happened before midnight. All ten wait and all ten sleep, so the difference is not alertness but oil already secured, and that cannot be borrowed when the cry comes.
The parable of the ten virgins turns on what happened before midnight. All ten wait and all ten sleep, so the difference is not alertness but oil already secured, and that cannot be borrowed when the cry comes.