Matthew 25:2

25:2 Five¹ of the virgins² were foolish, and five were wise.

Matthew 25:20

25:20 The³ one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir,⁴ you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:16

25:16 The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work⁵ and gained five more.

Matthew 14:17

14:17 They⁶ said to him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

Matthew 14:21

14:21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

Matthew 16:9

16:9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Matthew 25:15

25:15 To⁷ one he gave five talents,⁸ to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

Matthew 20:9

20:9 When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.⁹

Matthew 14:19

14:19 Then¹⁰ he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples,¹¹ who in turn gave them to the crowds.¹²

Matthew 20:6

20:6 And about five o’clock that afternoon¹³ he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

Matthew 25:3-4

25:3 When¹⁴ the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra¹⁵ olive oil¹⁶ with them. 25:4 But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

Matthew 20:2

20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage,¹⁷ he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 25:8

25:8 The¹⁸ foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Matthew 25:11

25:11 Later,¹⁹ the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’²⁰

Matthew 18:28

18:28 After²¹ he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins.²² So²³ he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him,²⁴ saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’²⁵

Matthew 17:27

17:27 But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin.²⁶ Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²tn Grk “Five of them.”

³tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁴tn Grk Or “Lord; or “Master” (and so throughout this paragraph).

⁵tn Grk “traded with them.”

⁷tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁹tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹⁰sn A talent was equal to 6000 denarii. See the note on this term in 18:24.

¹¹tn Grk “each received a denarius.” See the note on the phrase “standard wage” in v. 2.

¹³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

¹⁴tn Grk “And after instructing the crowds to recline for a meal on the grass, after taking the five loaves and the two fish, after looking up to heaven, he gave thanks, and after breaking the loaves he gave them to the disciples.” Although most of the participles are undoubtedly attendant circumstance, there are but two indicative verbs – “he gave thanks” and “he gave.” The structure of the sentence thus seems to focus on these two actions and has been translated accordingly.

¹⁵tn Grk “to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.”

¹⁵tn Grk “about the eleventh hour.”

¹⁷tn Grk “For when.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

¹⁸tn The word “extra” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The point is that the five foolish virgins had only the oil in their lamps, but took along no extra supply from which to replenish them. This is clear from v. 8, where the lamps of the foolish virgins are going out because they are running out of oil.

¹⁹tn On the use of olive oil in lamps, see L&N 6.202.

¹⁹tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”

²¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²³tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²⁴tn Grk “Open to us.”

²⁵tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²⁶tn Grk “one hundred denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be about three month’s pay.

²⁷tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so.” A new sentence was started at this point in the translation in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

²⁸tn Grk “and he grabbed him and started choking him.”

²⁹tn The word “me” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

²⁷sn The four drachma coin was a stater (στατήρ, stathr), a silver coin worth four drachmas. One drachma was equivalent to one denarius, the standard pay for a day’s labor (L&N 6.80).