Quotes About Urgency

Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

The foolish ones said to the wise, ëGive us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.í

ëNo,í said the wise ones, ëor there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.í

Later the other virgins arrived and said, ëLord, lord, open the door for us!í

and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”

and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Pray that this will not occur in the winter.

Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

And suppose the one inside answers, ëDo not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.í

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ëLord, open the door for us.í But he will reply, ëI do not know where you are from.í

ëThen I beg you, father,í he said, ësend Lazarus to my fatherís house,

for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.í

ëNo, father Abraham,í he said, ëbut if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.í

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.