Matthew 25:10-13
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 1 the door was shut.
25:11 Later, 2 the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ 3
25:12 But he replied, 4 ‘I tell you the truth, 5 I do not know you!’
25:13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. 6
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “Open to us.”
4 tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
5 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
6 tc Most later mss (C3 Ë13 1424c 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 ({Ì35 א A B C* D L W Δ Θ Ë1 33 565 892 1424* lat co}) lack this phrase.