Matthew 25:8-13

25:8 The ¹  foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 25:9 ‘No,’ they replied. ²  ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 25:10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then ³  the door was shut. 25:11 Later, ⁴  the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ ⁵  25:12 But he replied, ⁶  ‘I tell you the truth, ⁷  I do not know you!’ 25:13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. ⁸ 

[25:8]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[25:9]  ² tn Grk “The wise answered, saying, ‘No.’”

[25:10]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[25:11]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[25:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “Open to us.”

[25:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[25:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[25:13]  ⁶ tc Most later mss (C³ ˹³ 1424^c Ï) also read here “in which the Son of Man is coming” (ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται, en |h Jo Juio" tou anqrwpou ercetai), reproducing almost verbatim the last line of Matt 24:44. The longer reading thus appears to be an explanatory expansion and should not be considered authentic. The earlier and better witnesses ({̳⁵ א A B C* D L W Δ Θ Ë¹ 33 565 892 1424* lat co}) lack this phrase.