四十二章經 1.14

1.14

佛言：「猶若炬火，數千百人，各以炬來，取其火去，熟食、除冥；彼火如故，福亦如之。」

The Buddha said: "It is just like a blazing torch: several hundreds or thousands of people each come with a torch to take its fire and go to cook food and dispel darkness; that [original] fire remains as before, and merit is also like this."