Matthew 25:8-13

25:8 The¹ 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. Then³ 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

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

²tn Grk “The wise answered, saying, ‘No.’”

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

⁴tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵tn Grk “Open to us.”

⁶tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

⁷tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁸tc Most later mss (C³ Ë¹³ 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 ({Ì³⁵ א A B C* D L W Δ Θ Ë¹ 33 565 892 1424* lat co}) lack this phrase.