And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

The slothful {man} saith, {There is} a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou {wilt}.