A Cry Without: Behold, the bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet him!
[All the virgins get up hurriedly. The five wise ones, with oil in their lamps, stand in readiness. The five foolish ones are in great confusion.]
First Foolish Virgin: We have no oil! Our lamps are gone out!
Second Foolish Virgin [speaking to the five wise virgins]: Give us of your oil—we have none.
First Wise Virgin: Not so, lest there be not enough for ourselves and for you. But go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
[The foolish virgins hasten away.]
A Cry Without: Behold, the bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet him!
[The Bridegroom comes in, followed by a few attendants. He walks by, and the five wise virgins follow him. They go in a door which is closed after them. The foolish virgins come hurriedly back and rush to the door. They beat on it and call out several times.]
Foolish Virgins: Lord, Lord, open unto us!