Isaiah 65:17-25

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New Heavens and a New Earth

¹⁷“For behold, ^(A)I create new heavens
    and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
    or come into mind.
¹⁸But be glad and rejoice forever
    in that which I create;
for behold, ^(B)I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
    and her people to be a gladness.
¹⁹^(C)I will rejoice in Jerusalem
    and be glad in my people;
^(D)no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
    and the cry of distress.
²⁰No more shall there be in it
    an infant who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for ^(E)the young man shall die a hundred years old,
    and ^(F)the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
²¹^(G)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²²^(H)They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
^(I)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy^[a] the work of their hands.
²³^(J)They shall not labor in vain
    ^(K)or bear children for calamity,^[b]
for ^(L)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.
²⁴^(M)Before they call I will answer;
    ^(N)while they are yet speaking I will hear.
²⁵^(O)The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
    the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
    and ^(P)dust shall be the serpent's food.
^(Q)They shall not hurt or destroy
    in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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The Day of the Lord

5 Now concerning ^(A)the times and the seasons, brothers,^[a] ^(B)you have no need to have anything written to you. ²For you yourselves are fully aware that ^(C)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^(D)sudden destruction will come upon them ^(E)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴But you ^(F)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. ⁵For you are all ^(G)children^[b] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶So then ^(H)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^(I)keep awake and ^(J)be sober. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^(K)are drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^(L)having put on the breastplate of ^(M)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹For God has not destined us for ^(N)wrath, but ^(O)to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰^(P)who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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1 Thessalonians 5:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 4, 12, 14, 25, 26, 27
1 Thessalonians 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse

Matthew 25:1-13

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ^(A)ten virgins who took their lamps^[a] and went to meet ^(B)the bridegroom.^[b] ²Five of them were foolish, and five were ^(C)wise. ³For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, ⁴but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. ⁵As the bridegroom ^(D)was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ⁶But ^(E)at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ ⁷Then all those virgins rose and ^(F)trimmed their lamps. ⁸And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ ⁹But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ ¹⁰And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and ^(G)those who were ready went in with him to ^(H)the marriage feast, and ^(I)the door was shut. ¹¹Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ^(J)‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ ¹²^(K)But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, ^(L)I do not know you.’ ¹³^(M)Watch therefore, for you ^(N)know neither the day nor the hour.