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scripture & focus – week september 29 – october 5 2019 the english standard version esv stands in the classic mainstream of english bible translations over the past half millennium the fountainhead of that stream was william tyndale’s new testament of 1526 marking its course were the king james version of 1611 kjv the english revised version of 1885 rv the american standard version bible the bible from koine greek τὰ βιβλία tà bibla "the books" is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures varying parts of the bible are considered to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between god and humans by christians jews samaritans and rastafarians 26 the ten virgins what it means to be ready bible april 10 2005 265 1 “at that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom 2 five of the virgins were foolish and five were wise 3 when the foolish ones took their lamps they did not take extra266 olive oil with them 4 but the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps how to lead someone to christ the bible asks us to believe—to appropriate christ s finished work on the cross by trusting him alone to save us how to the gospel clearly reprinted by permission 1 f f bruce the epistle to the ephesians and colossians in the new international mentary on the new testament grand rapids wm b eerdmans publishing co 1957 298