![]() This time it pictures ten maidens who go to meet the bridegroom. This parable uses wedding imagery to describe the kingdom (see 22:1-14). community on the need for watchfulness, since it does not know the time of the return of the Son of Man. Jesus chose twelve disciples (also called "apostles" in some of the Gospels) to follow him and bear witness to his message Anyone who (like them) follows Jesus is engaged in Christian. ![]() of the wise and foolish maidens Jesus’ instructs Matthew’s disciple A disciple is a person who accepts and follows the pronouncements of a teacher. A prominent aspect of Jesus' teaching was telling parables to illustrate something about the kingdom, or reign, of God. In the Parable A parable is a brief story with a setting, an action, and a result.
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